Hope Bay - Definition and Overview

Hope Bay (63º23´S 057º00´W) is 5 km (3 mi) long and 3 km (2 mi) wide, indenting the tip of Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound.

Discovered on January 15, 1902, by the Swedish AE under Nordenskjöld, who named it in commemoration of the winter spent there by J. Gunnar Andersson, S.A. Duse, and Toralf Grunden of his expedition.

The British established a base at Hope Bay in 1945 as part of Operation Tabarin. On December 8, 1997 the British Antarctic Survey transferred the base to Uruguay, who renamed it Teniente Ruperto Elichiribehety Uruguayan Antarctic Scientific Station. The Argentine base Esperanza is also located at Hope Bay.

External links

• British Antarctic Survey Hope Bay Station (http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/About_Antarctica/Heritage/Stations/hope_bay.html)