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Feature Name (see definition): Stonehouse Bay Feature Class (see definition): Bay Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 14627 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 21' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 068° 05' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.35 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.0833333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956 Description (see definition): Bay 5 mi wide, indenting the E coast of Adelaide Island between Hunt Peak and Sighing Peak. First sighted and surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition (FrAE) under Charcot. Named for Bernard Stonehouse of Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), meteorologist in 1947 and 1948 and biologist in 1949 at Stonington Island; leader of the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) sledge party which resurveyed the bay in 1948. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Stonehouse Bay in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Stonehouse Bay information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Stonehouse Bay should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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