Blakeney Point
| Blakeney Point | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 14 ′ S , 110 ° 35 ′ E | |
| location | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| coast | Budd coast | |
| Waters | Vincennes Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Newcomb Bay | |
 Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Blakeney Point (center) |
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The Blakeney Point is a headland on the Budd Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . It forms the northern cape of the Clark Peninsula .
A rough mapping was made using aerial photographs of the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947) and Operation Windmill (1947–1948). New mappings followed in 1956 by a Soviet Antarctic expedition and in the same year and 1962 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the headland in 1963 after Art Arvil Blakeney (1925-2002), aerial photographer for Operation Highjump.
Web links
- Blakeney Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Blakeney Point on geographic.org (English)