Penney Landing
| Penney Landing | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 22 ′ S , 110 ° 28 ′ E | |
| location | Ardery Island , Windmill Islands | |
| Waters | Vincennes Bay | |
Penney Landing is a headland at the eastern end of Ardery Island in the Windmill Islands archipelago off the Budd coast of Wilkesland, East Antarctica . It represents the only eastern access point to this island.
The American biologist Richard Lee Penney (1935-1993) discovered them in 1959 while he was working on Wilkes Station . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named the headland after him.
Web links
- Penney Landing in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Penney Landing on geographic.org (English)