{{Short description|Bay in Antarctica}} {{Infobox body of water | name = | image = | alt = | caption = | location = Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica | coordinates = {{coord|74|40|S|135|50|W|name=Siniff Bay|display=it}} | oceans = Pacific Ocean | pushpin_map = Antarctica | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = }} '''Siniff Bay''' ({{coord|74|40|S|135|50|W|name=Siniff Bay}}) is a [[bay]] {{convert|13|nmi}} wide between Verleger Point and Melville Point, along the coast of [[Marie Byrd Land]], Antarctica.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=677}}
{{TOC limit|2}} ==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 seal]]s 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.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=677}}
==Location== {{geogroup}} [[File:C74135s1 Ant.Map Cape Burks.jpg|thumb|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. {{sfn|Cape Burks USGS}}
==Features== ===Verleger Point=== {{coord|74|42|S|136|15|W}}. Point marking the west side of the entrance to Siniff Bay. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant (j.g.) W.F. Verleger, United States Navy Reserve, Master of the Jacob Ruppert on the first trip to Bay of Whales (1933) during ByrdAE, 1933-35.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=780}}
===Melville Point === {{coord|74|35|S|135|31|W}}. A point marking the east side of the entrance to Siniff Bay. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Captain Frederick C. Melville, Master of the City of New York in voyages to the Bay of Whales during the ByrdAE, 1928-30.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=484}}
===Rose Point=== {{coord|74|45|S|136|45|W}}. A rocky point {{convert|1|nmi}} east of Cape Burks. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Stephen D. Rose, First Officer of the ''Bear of Oakland'' on the first voyage to [[Bay of Whales]] (1933). He was master of the ''Jacob Ruppert'' on its second voyage to Bay of Whales (1935), during the ByrdAE, 1933-35.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=631}}
===Jackson Glacier=== {{coord|74|47|S|135|45|W}}. A glacier about {{convert|10|nmi}} long, flowing north from McDonald Heights into Siniff Bay. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Bernard V. Jackson, Station Scientific Leader at South Pole Station, 1971.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=366}}
===Hanessian Foreland=== {{coord|74|42|S|135|15|W}}. A relatively low, snow-covered foreland or peninsula, over {{convert|20|nmi}} long and {{convert|10|nmi}} wide. It extends seaward between Siniff Bay and the western end of [[Getz Ice Shelf]]. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photography, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN after John Hanessian, Jr. (1925-74), of George Washington University, Washington DC, noted authority on political science and international affairs. At the time of his death he was on leave to the National Science Foundation. From 1954-58, he served on the National Academy of Sciences staff and made substantial contribution to the Committee on Polar Research in the planning and carrying out of the US-IGY program.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=310}}
==References== {{Reflist|25em}}
==Sources== {{refbegin}} *{{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}} {{Include-USGov |agency=United States Board on Geographic Names}} *{{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={{harvid|Cape Burks USGS}} }} {{refend}} *{{Include-USGov |agency=United States Geological Survey}}
[[Category:Bays of Marie Byrd Land]]