Bradford Rock
Bradford Rock | ||
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Waters | Vincennes Bay | |
Archipelago | Swain Islands ( Windmill Islands ) | |
Geographical location | 66 ° 13 ′ S , 110 ° 34 ′ E | |
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Map of the northern Windmill Islands with Bradford Rock in the Swain Group (above center) |
The Bradford rock is an icy, island-like Rifffelsen in the archipelago of the Windmill Islands off the coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . It marks the northwest end of the group of Swain Islands .
The reef rock was roughly mapped on the basis of aerial photographs from the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947). In 1957, scientists at Wilkes Station under the direction of the US polar explorer Carl R. Eklund (1909–1962) carried out a survey. Eklund named it after Don L. Bradford, a member of a United States Navy unit in support of the winter crew at Wilkes Station during the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).
Web links
- Bradford rock in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bradford Rock on geographic.org