Buchan Bay
Buchan Bay is a small bay between Cape Hartree and Cape Murdoch, near the southwest end of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Islands. It was charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under William Speirs Bruce, who named it for Alexander Buchan, noted Scottish meteorologist.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cove
- Description: bay in the South Orkney Islands
- Also known as: “Buchan, bahia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Ramsay.
Mount Ramsay
Peak
Mount Ramsay is a peak, 475 m, standing at the west side of Uruguay Cove on the north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, 1902–04, and named for Allan Ramsay, chief engineer of the expedition ship Scotia, who died on August 6, 1903, and was buried at the foot of the peak. Mount Ramsay is situated 3 km northwest of Buchan Bay.
Buchan Bay
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Buchan Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “巴肯灣”
- German: “Buchan Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buchan Bay”
- Spanish: “Buchan, bahía”
- Swedish: “Buchan Bay”
- Swedish: “Buchan, bahía”
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