The southernmost part of the bay is a cove called Piccard Cove.[2] It is bordered to the east by Sophie Cliff, a granite cliff which is the terminus of Balis Ridge.[3][4] On the west side, O'Neal Point separates it from Beaupré Cove.[5] Beaupré Cove is 1.9 km (1 nmi; 1.2 mi) wide, bordered by O'Neal Point and Jones Point. Its head is fed by Nadjakov Glacier.[6][7] Hugershoff Cove lies at the southwestern end of Wilhelmina Bay, less than 1.9 km (1 nmi; 1.2 mi) south of Louise Island and Emma Island, and 3.7 km (2 nmi; 2.3 mi) northwest of Beaupré Cove.[8]
Islands
A streak of sunlight illuminates the top of Nansen Island, March 1962
The bay is large enough to contain several islands. The largest of these is Nansen Island or Isla Nansen Sur.[9] Approximately 6.4 km (3.5 nmi; 4.0 mi) to the west is 2.8 km (1.5 nmi; 1.7 mi) long Emma Island, an icecap with bare jagged peaks projecting through.[10] Ice-covered Louise Island is approximately 1 km (0.54 nmi; 0.62 mi) long. It sits 1.6 km (0.86 nmi; 0.99 mi) west of Emma Island, and 1.6 km east of Cape Anna and Anna Cove on the southwest side of the entrance to Wilhelmina Bay.[11]
Nomenclature
Most features in the bay were charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–99 under Gerlache.[2][3] Gerlache provided names for many features, often after friends, supporters, and expedition members. [3] Nansen Island was named for noted Arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen.[9] Emma Island was named for his mother, and Louise Island for his sister.[10][11]
