Eyres Bay
| Eyres Bay | ||
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| Waters | Vincennes Bay | |
| Land mass | Wilkesland , Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 29 ′ 0 ″ S , 110 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Eyres Bay is a side bay of Vincennes Bay on Budd Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . It lies between the west side of the Browning Peninsula and the face of the Vanderford Glacier at the southern end of the Windmill Islands .
It was first mapped using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy in 1947 and 1948 during Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1962 after David L. Eyres (1931-2013) of the US Navy, a member of the team at Wilkes Station in 1958.
Web links
- Eyres Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Eyres Bay on geographic.org (English)
- Map of the Windmill Islands and the surrounding area (PDF, March 2009) at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (description)