Kirkby Shoal is a small
shoal
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. It ...
area with depths of less than extending about westwards and south-southwestwards, about from the summit of
Shirley Island
Shirley Island is a rocky island lying north-west of the western end of the Bailey Peninsula, in the Windmill Islands of the Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, Antarctica. It is mostly ice-free with undulating, rocky terrain. It was first mapped from ...
,
Windmill Islands
The Windmill Islands are an Antarctic group of rocky islands and rocks about wide, paralleling the coast of Wilkes Land for immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east side of Vincennes Bay. Kirkby Shoal is a small shoal area with d ...
, and northwest of
Stonehocker Point,
Clark Peninsula.
Discovery and naming
Kirkby Shoal was discovered and charted in 1962 during a
hydrographic survey of
Newcomb Bay
Newcomb Bay is a sheltered bay about 1 mile (1.6 km) in extent, between Clark Peninsula and Bailey Peninsula in the Windmill Islands area.
First mapped from U.S. Navy Operation Highjump aerial photographs taken in February 1947. In February ...
and approaches by
d'A.T. Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAp) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).
History
Australia has had a long involv ...
(ANARE) on the ''
Thala Dan'', led by
Phillip Law
Phillip Garth Law, AC, CBE, FAA, FTSE (21 April 1912 – 28 February 2010) was an Australian scientist and explorer who served as director of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) from 1949 to 1966.
Early life
Law wa ...
. It was named by the
Antarctic Names Committee of Australia
The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. The commi ...
after
Sydney L. Kirkby
Sydney Lorrimar Kirkby, (born 1933) is an Australian surveyor and Antarctic explorer.
Work
Syd Kirkby was first appointed as Surveyor at Mawson Station for 1956, the third year of ANARE operations in Antarctica.
Syd Kirkby was Surveyor and/or ...
, a surveyor at
Mawson Station
The Mawson Station, commonly called Mawson, is one of three permanent bases and research outposts in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Mawson lies in Holme Bay in Mac. Robertson Land, East Antarctica in the Austra ...
in 1956 and 1960.
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See also
* History of Antarctica
The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term ''Antarctic'', referring to the opposite of the Arctic Circle, was coined by Mar ...
* List of Antarctic expeditions
References
External links
Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)
Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory
Mawson Station
Shoals of Antarctica
Landforms of the Southern Ocean
Barrier islands of Antarctica
Windmill Islands
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