Penney Bay
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Penney Bay
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Location of Penney Bay in AntarcticaPenney Bay is a large bay extending from Robinson Ridge to Browning Peninsula, at the eastern side of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946–47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard L. Penney, ornithologist and biologist at Wilkes Station in 1959 and 1960.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Penney Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
Coordinates: 66°26′S 110°36′E / 66.433°S 110.600°E
Categories:
- Bays of Wilkes Land
- Wilkes Land geography stubs