# Hanusse Bay > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hanusse_Bay > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hanusse_Bay.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanusse_Bay > Source revision: 1170729799 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Bay in Graham Land, Antarctica **Hanusse Bay** is a broad, V-shaped [bay](/source/Bay), off the west coast of [Graham Land](/source/Graham_Land), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). The bay is 37 kilometres (20 nmi) long and trends generally north–south. It is bordered by [Cape Mascart](/source/Cape_Mascart) on [Anvers Island](/source/Anvers_Island), and Shmidt Point on [Arrowsmith Peninsula](/source/Arrowsmith_Peninsula), [Loubet Coast](/source/Loubet_Coast). At its north entrance, Isacke Passage separates it from [Liard Island](/source/Liard_Island). It is bounded to the south by a line from [Landauer Point](/source/Landauer_Point), the north point of [Hansen Island](/source/Hansen_Island) and Bagnold Point on Arrowsmith Peninsula.[1] The bay was discovered and first charted by the [French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10](/source/French_Antarctic_Expedition%2C_1908%E2%80%9310), under [Jean-Baptiste Charcot](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Charcot), and named by him for the director of the [Hydrographic Service](/source/Hydrographic_office#France) of the [French Navy](/source/French_Navy) Ferdinand Isidore Hanusse (1848–1921).[2] Isacke Passage was also charted Charcot's expedition. It was named by the [UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/UK_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) for Captain [Christopher J. Isacke](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christopher_J._Isacke&action=edit&redlink=1), [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy), commanding officer of [HMS *Endurance*](/source/HMS_Endurance_(1967)) in the [Antarctic Peninsula](/source/Antarctic_Peninsula) area, 1972–74.[3] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Hanusse Bay"](https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=109199). *[Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica](/source/Composite_Gazetteer_of_Antarctica)*. [Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research](/source/Scientific_Committee_on_Antarctic_Research). Retrieved 2020-05-11. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-gnis-HB_2-0)** ["Hanusse Bay"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:6349). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior). Retrieved 2012-05-22. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-gnis-IP_3-0)** ["Isacke Passage"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:7367). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey), [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior). Retrieved 2012-07-10. v t e Adelaide Island Stations and bases Rothera Research Station Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base Hills, peaks, and nunatuks Mount Barre Mount Bodys Mount Bouvier Bond Nunatak Dewar Nunatak Mount Ditte Mount Gaudry Hunt Peak Lincoln Nunatak Mount Liotard Mount Machatschek Mount Mangin Mount Reeves Sighing Peak Stokes Peaks Mount Velain Visser Hill Glaciers Horton Glacier Hurley Glacier Shambles Glacier Sheldon Glacier Sloman Glacier Turner Glacier Other inland features Back Cirque Blümcke Knoll Buchia Buttress Fletcher Bluff McCallum Pass Milestone Bluff Reptile Ridge Stork Ridge Window Buttress Wright Peninsula Coastal features Adelaide Anchorage Fuchs Ice Piedmont Hanusse Bay Laubeuf Fjord Marguerite Bay Ryder Bay Stonehouse Bay Wormald Ice Piedmont Off-shore Islands Amiot Islands Anchorage Island Avian Island Brockhamp Islands Chatos Islands Cono Island Dion Islands Embassy Islands Esplin Islands Ginger Islands Guébriant Islands Henkes Islands Jenny Island Killingbeck Island Kirsty Island Koechlin Island Lagoon Island Léonie Island Léonie Islands Limpet Island Mikkelsen Islands Rigsby Islands Rocca Islands Sillard Islands Solitario Island Sorge Island Steinemann Island Ward Islands Webb Island Reefs and banks Box Reef Consul Reef Cox Reef Cumbers Reef Ives Bank Jennings Reef Lord Bank Regent Reef Rocks Cavalier Rock Cenobite Rocks Envoy Rock Fitton Rock Fullastern Rock Glover Rocks Hibbert Rock Launch Rock League Rock Mission Rock Nueva Rock Outlaw Rock Patience Rocks Skeen Rocks Sorpresa Rock Straits Barlas Channel Buchanan Passage Cole Channel Crosse Passage Elliott Passage The Gullet Johnston Passage Matha Strait Quest Channel Tickle Channel Woodfield Channel [66°57′S 67°30′W / 66.950°S 67.500°W / -66.950; -67.500](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Hanusse_Bay¶ms=66_57_S_67_30_W_source:GNIS) This article incorporates [public domain material](https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits) from websites or documents of the [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey). 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