Cranton Bay

Cranton Bay (74°10′S 102°10′W / 74.167°S 102.167°W / -74.167; -102.167) is a bay about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long and wide, lying south of Canisteo Peninsula at the east end of Amundsen Sea. The south limit of the bay is formed by the Backer Islands and an ice shelf which separates this bay from Pine Island Bay. Mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Elmer M. Cranton, U.S. Navy, medical officer and officer in charge at Byrd Station, 1967.

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