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The Windmill Islands are an
Antarctic The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other ...
group of rocky islands and rocks about wide, paralleling the coast of
Wilkes Land Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though the validity of this claim has been placed for the period of the operation of the Antarctic Treaty, ...
for immediately north of
Vanderford Glacier Vanderford Glacier () is a glacier about 8 km (5 mi) wide flowing northwest into the southeast side of Vincennes Bay, slightly south of the Windmill Islands. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ben ...
along the east side of
Vincennes Bay Vincennes Bay is a large V-shaped bay, 105 km (65 mi) wide at its entrance between Cape Nutt and Cape Folger in Antarctica, marked by several large, steep glaciers near its head, lying along Knox and Budd Coasts. It was photographed f ...
.
Kirkby Shoal Kirkby Shoal is a small shoal area with depths of less than extending about westwards and south-southwestwards, about from the summit of Shirley Island, Windmill Islands, and northwest of Stonehocker Point, Clark Peninsula. Discovery and na ...
is a small
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 with depths of less than extending about westwards and SSW, about from the summit of
Shirley Island Shirley Island is a rocky island lying north-west of the western end of the Bailey Peninsula, in the Windmill Islands of the Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, Antarctica. It is mostly ice-free with undulating, rocky terrain. It was first mapped from ae ...
, Windmill Islands, and NW of
Stonehocker Point Clark Peninsula is a rocky peninsula, about long and wide, lying north-east of Australia's Casey Station at the north side of Newcomb Bay on the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land in Antarctica. History The peninsula was first mapped from aerial pho ...
,
Clark Peninsula Clark Peninsula is a rocky peninsula, about long and wide, lying north-east of Australia's Casey Station at the north side of Newcomb Bay on the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land in Antarctica. History The peninsula was first mapped from aerial pho ...
. The Windmill Islands were mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN
Operation Highjump Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The opera ...
, 1946–47. So named by the
US-ACAN The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...
because personnel of
Operation Windmill Operation Windmill (OpWml) was the United States Navy's Second Antarctica Developments Project, an exploration and training mission to Antarctica in 1947–1948. This operation was a follow-up to the First Antarctica Development Project known as O ...
, 1947–48, landed on
Holl Island Holl and Höll are surnames that may refer to: * Adolf Holl (1930–2020), Austrian Roman Catholic writer and theologian * Diane Holl (born 1964), British motor racing engineer * Edwin Holl (1916–2005), American politician * Elias Holl (157 ...
at the southwest end of the group to establish ground control for USN Operation Highjump photographs. The term "Operation Windmill" is a popular expression which developed after the expedition disbanded and refers to the extensive use of helicopters made by this group. The official title of this expedition was the 'Second Antarctic Development Project', U.S. Navy Task Force 39, 1947–48.


Features

Some of the main geographic features of the archipelago are: * Austral IslandAustral Island - Geonames
/ref> * Kilby IslandKilby Island - Geonames
/ref> *
Kirkby Shoal Kirkby Shoal is a small shoal area with depths of less than extending about westwards and south-southwestwards, about from the summit of Shirley Island, Windmill Islands, and northwest of Stonehocker Point, Clark Peninsula. Discovery and na ...
* Larsen Bank * McMullin Island * Molholm Island *
Shirley Island Shirley Island is a rocky island lying north-west of the western end of the Bailey Peninsula, in the Windmill Islands of the Budd Coast, Wilkes Land, Antarctica. It is mostly ice-free with undulating, rocky terrain. It was first mapped from ae ...
Shirley Island - Geonames
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See also

*
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about t ...
* Harrigan Hill *
Holt Point Holt Point () is a point marking the western extremity of Bailey Peninsula, at the east side of the Windmill Islands, Antarctica. It was first mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was named by the Advisory Co ...
* List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands * List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S *
Newcomb Bay Newcomb Bay is a sheltered bay about 1 mile (1.6 km) in extent, between Clark Peninsula and Bailey Peninsula in the Windmill Islands area. First mapped from U.S. Navy Operation Highjump aerial photographs taken in February 1947. In Februar ...
* Nye Islands *
SCAR A scar (or scar tissue) is an area of fibrous tissue that replaces normal skin after an injury. Scars result from the biological process of wound repair in the skin, as well as in other organs, and tissues of the body. Thus, scarring is a na ...
*
Territorial claims in Antarctica Seven sovereign states – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom – have made eight territorial claims in Antarctica. These countries have tended to place their Antarctic scientific observation and st ...


References


External links

Islands of Wilkes Land {{WilkesLand-geo-stub