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Croft Bay

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Croft Bay is a bay which indents the north-central side of James Ross Island and forms the southern part of Herbert Sound, south of the northeastern end of the Antarctic Peninsula. [1]

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  1. 15 relations: Antarctic Peninsula, British Antarctic Survey, Graham Land, Hope Bay, James Ross Island, James Ross Island group, Lazarus of Bethany, Martha, Mary of Bethany, Otto Nordenskjöld, Swedish Antarctic Expedition, Trinity Peninsula, UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, Ulu Peninsula, Vega Island.

  2. Bays of James Ross Island

Antarctic Peninsula

The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica.

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British Antarctic Survey

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute.

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Graham Land

Graham Land is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.

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Hope Bay

Hope Bay (Spanish: Bahía Esperanza) is a bay long and wide, indenting the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound.

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James Ross Island

James Ross Island is a large island off the southeast side and near the northeastern extremity of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Prince Gustav Channel.

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James Ross Island group

The James Ross Island group is a group of islands located close to the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Lazarus of Bethany

Lazarus of Bethany (Latinised from Lazar, ultimately from Hebrew Eleazar, "God helped") is a figure within the Christian Bible, mentioned in the New Testament in the Gospel of John, whose life is restored by Jesus four days after his death.

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Martha

Martha (Aramaic: מָרְתָא‎) is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John.

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Mary of Bethany

Mary of Bethany is a biblical figure mentioned by name in the Gospel of John and probably the Gospel of Luke in the Christian New Testament.

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Otto Nordenskjöld

Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (6 December 1869 – 2 June 1928) was a Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer.

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Swedish Antarctic Expedition

The Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901–1903 was a scientific expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.

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Trinity Peninsula

Trinity Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI).

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Ulu Peninsula

Ulu Peninsula is that portion of James Ross Island northwest of the narrow neck of land between Rohss Bay and Croft Bay, extending from Cape Obelisk to Cape Lachman, in Antarctica.

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Vega Island

Vega Island is an island in Antarctica, long and wide, which is the northernmost of the James Ross Island group and lies in the west part of Erebus and Terror Gulf.

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See also

Bays of James Ross Island

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croft_Bay

Also known as Andreassen Point, Blancmange Hill, Dreadnought Point, Saint Martha Cove, Stark Point.