Siniff Bay

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Bay in Antarctica

title: "Siniff Bay" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bays-of-marie-byrd-land"] description: "Bay in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/bays-of-marie-byrd-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siniff_Bay" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Bay in Antarctica ::

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locationMarie Byrd Land, Antarctica
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oceansPacific Ocean
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| name = | image = | alt = | caption = | location = Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica | coordinates = | oceans = Pacific Ocean | pushpin_map = Antarctica | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Siniff Bay () is a bay 13 nmi wide between Verleger Point and Melville Point, along the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

Discovery and name

Siniff Bay was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959–65. It was named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Donald B. Siniff, leader of a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) party that studied population dynamics and behavior of Weddell seals in the McMurdo Sound area, 1971–72. He also worked in the McMurdo Station area the three preceding austral summers and participated in the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expedition, 1967–68.

Location

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/C74135s1_Ant.Map_Cape_Burks.jpg" caption="Siniff Bay north of map, east of center"] ::

Siniff Bay is on the Pacific Ocean coast of Marie Byrd Land, between Verleger Point to the west and Melville Point to the east. It is east of Hull Bay, which extends to Cape Burks. Rose Point lies between the two bays. The Jackson Glacier drains north from the McDonald Heights into Siniff Bay. Hanessian Foreland is to the west of the glacier and extends along the east side of the bay.

Features

Verleger Point

Melville Point

Rose Point

Jackson Glacier

Hanessian Foreland

References

Sources

  • {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
  • {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C74135s1_Ant.Map_Cape_Burks.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-06 |title=Cape Burks |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}

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