Bridger Bay

Bridger Bay is a semi-circular bay wide, lying west of Tickell Head along the north coast of Coronation Island, in the South [Orkney Islands]. It was discovered in 1821 in the course of the joint cruise by Captain Nathaniel Palmer, an American sealer, and Captain George Powell, a British sealer. It was surveyed by the Falkland [Islands Dependencies Survey] in 1956–58 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for John F.D. Bridger, who participated in the survey of Coronation Island and Signy Island.