Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureBayNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionA bay, about 3 miles wide and about 4 miles long, which indents the Ross Ice Shelf about 80 miles north-east of the Bay of Whales. Discovered but not named by the NAE, 1901-04, in 1902. Named by Shirase, leader of the Japanese Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12, for Count Okuma, Premier of Japan, who had been a supporter of the Japanese Expedition. Not Hal Flood Bay.