Henry Bay (Antarctica)
| Henry Bay | ||
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| Waters | Southern Ocean (sector between the Mawson and D'Urville Seas ) | |
| Land mass | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 120 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Islands | Henry Islands | |
The Henry Bay is a small bay on the eastern end of the Sabrina Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . The Henry Islands are in the western section of the bay .
Aerial photographs of the US American Operation Highjump (1946–1947) were used to map them. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1963 after Wilkes Henry (1820-1840), midshipman on the sloop USS Vincennes , flagship of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) under the direction of his uncle, the US polar explorer Charles Wilkes .
Web links
- Henry Bay in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Henry Bay on geographic.org (English)