McGrady Cove
| McGrady Cove | ||
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| Waters | Newcomb Bay | |
| Land mass | Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ S , 110 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Islands | Collins Rock , Molholm Island | |
The McGrady Cove is a bay on the Budd Coast of the East Antarctic Wilke country . It is at the head of Newcomb Bay .
It was first mapped using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy in 1947 during Operation Highjump (1946–1947) and in 1948 during Operation Windmill (1947–1948). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1963 after the photographer Edsell Dean McGrady (1916-2002) of the United States Navy, who took part in the flights during Operation Highjump over the Windmill Islands in 1947 .
Web links
- McGrady Cove in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- McGrady Cove on geographic.org (English)