Stange Sound

Named by Ronne for Gen. Carl Spaatz, Chief of Staff, United States ArmyAF, who gave assistance in providing an airplane for use of RARE.Since 1940, the head of the bay has receded eastward into George VI Sound, altering the relationships on which the name was based.Named by US-ACAN for Lennie J. Hill, USGS Topographic Engineer, a member of the Marie Byrd Land Survey Party, 1967-68.An ice stream about 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) long flowing north into Stange Sound, east of Mount Benkert.Named by US-ACAN (2006) after Dann V. Hall, United States Geological Survey (USGS) surveyor in support of the Ross Ice Shelf Project, 1976-77; team member, joint United States Geological Survey (USGS)-British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Doppler Landsat Control Project, 1977-78, via twin otter aircraft and ship to discrete positions at Haag Nunataks, Orville Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, Ronne Ice Shelf, Filchner Ice Shelf, Lyddan Island, Theron Mountains, Deception Island, Signy Island, Bird Island and South Georgia.Named by the USSR Academy of Sciences (1987) after Afanasiy Nikitin (died 1472), a Russian traveller who documented a visit to India and Africa during the years 1466-72.