The Bailey Rocks are small chain of rocks in the
Antarctic
The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and o ...
Windmill Islands which extends northeast from the north side of
Bailey Peninsula
Bailey Peninsula is a rocky peninsula, about long and wide, on the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land in Antarctica. It is the site of Australia’s Casey Station.
Antarctic Specially Protected Area
An area of land on the peninsula, lying only some ...
into
Newcomb Bay. They were first mapped from air photos taken by USN
Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and observed in 1957 by
Wilkes Station personnel under C. R. Eklund.
See also
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Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about ...
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List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
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List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
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SCAR
A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a n ...
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Territorial claims in Antarctica
References
External links
Windmill Islands
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