Molholm Shoal () is a
shoal
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. It ...
area west of
Molholm Island
Molholm Island is an island at the entrance to McGrady Cove in the eastern part of Newcomb Bay, in the Windmill Islands of Antarctica. The island was mapped from air photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in 1946–47, and was named b ...
in the
Windmill Islands
The Windmill Islands are an Antarctic group of rocky islands and rocks about wide, paralleling the coast of Wilkes Land for immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east side of Vincennes Bay. Kirkby Shoal is a small shoal area with de ...
of Antarctica. Depths of less than extend for in a north–south direction, with depths of near the south end. It was discovered and charted in February 1957 by a party from the , and was named by the
Antarctic Names Committee of Australia after nearby Molholm Island.
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Barrier islands of Antarctica
Islands of Wilkes Land
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