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unusual facts about Hope Bay



1907 Kingston earthquake

After the earthquake tsunami were observed along much of the north coast of Jamaica at Hope Bay, Port Antonio, Orange Bay, Sheerness Bay, Saint Ann's Bay, Buff Bay, Port Maria and Annotto Bay; there were also some reports of waves along the south coast.

Mount Reece

Charted in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named for Alan Reece, leader of the FIDS Deception Island base in 1945, and meteorologist and geologist at the Hope Bay base in 1946.

The Steeple

It rises on the east side of Depot Glacier, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south of the head of Hope Bay, at the northeast end of Antarctic Peninsula.


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Grunden

Grunden Rock, a 15-metre-tall rock near the entrance to Hope Bay, in the Antarctic Peninsula (named for Toralf Grunden, who wintered there in 1902-03)

Mount Hope Bay

Mount Hope Bay contains a 35 foot deep shipping channel maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers as part of their Fall River Harbor project.

Passes Peak

First charted in 1945 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named because it lies between two passes used by Hope Bay sledging parties in traveling to Duse Bay and to the head of Depot Glacier.