- Abernethy Flats
Abernethy Flats (coord|63|52|S|57|54|W|) is a gravel plain cut by braided streams at the head of
Brandy Bay ,James Ross Island . Named byUnited Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1983 afterThomas Abernethy , gunner on HMS "Erebus" (Capt.James Clark Ross ) during exploration of these waters in 1842-43.
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