Wilcock Bay
| Wilcock Bay | ||
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| Waters | Prydz Bay | |
| Land mass | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 27 '15 " S , 76 ° 5' 49" O | |
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The Wilcock Bay ( Norwegian Stornesbukta , Great Headland Cove ' ) is a side bay of Prydz Bay on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth country . It is located in the southwest section of the Larsemann Hills .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, mapped them using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named them after Arthur Wilcock, Secretary of the ANCA from 1952 to 1957, who had been on the body until 1975.
Web links
- Wilcock Bay in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Map of the ASMA-6 "Larsemann Hills" Special Administrative Region (PDF) at the Australian Antarctic Data Center (description)