Laubeuf Fjord

Laubeuf Fjord and the Arrrowsmith Peninsula from Adelaide Island

The west coast of Laubeuf Fjord on Adelaide Island

Stonehouse Bay on the west side of Laubeuf Fjord

Laubeuf Fjord is a sound in the British Antarctic Territory, 25 miles long in a north-south direction and averaging 10 miles wide, lying between the east-central portion of Adelaide Island and the southern part of Arrowsmith Peninsula, the latter on the Loubet Coast of Graham Land.

The fjord connects Hanusse Bay to the north with Marguerite Bay to the south. The southern extent of Laubeuf Fjord as it meets Marguerite Bay being reckoned at a line between Rothera Point on Adelaide Island and Cape Sáenz, which is the southernmost point of the Arrowsmith Peninsula.

The fjord was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for Maxime Laubeuf, a French marine engineer who supervised building the engine for the ship Pourquoi-Pas.

The fjord was resurveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from "Stonington Island" in 1948.

Islands and glaciers

There are several islands in Laubeuf Fjord. The largest and northernmost of these is Day Island, followed by Wyatt Island a bit further south. Still further south are the smaller Webb Island and Piñero Island. There are also various very small, mostly rocky islets, such as the Brockhamp Islands, Covey Rocks, Quilp Rock and Killingbeck Island.

Several large glaciers calve into Laubeuf Fjord. From the Arrowsmith Peninsula these are the Ward Glacier, the Vallot Glacier and the Nye Glacier. From Adelaide Island comes the huge Shambles Glacier that terminates in Stonehouse Bay, a large bay on the west side of Laubeuf Fjord.

See also

• Hinks Channel

Location

• Location map: 67°26’54"S, 67°46’36"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Laubeuf Fjord