Name details

Bailey Rocks

Bailey Rocks (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Bailey Rocks  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 2375

Feature type: Offshore rock

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A group of rocks on the northern side of Bailey Peninsula, Windmill Islands, in Newcomb Bay south of Kilby Island. The region was photographed by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47), ANARE (1956 and 1962) and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1956). The rocks were included in a hydrographic survey of Newcomb Bay by d'A.T. Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the ANARE Expedition (Thala Dan), 1962, led by Phillip Law. Named from Bailey Peninsula.  

Named For

Location

Latitude:
66° 16' 33.6" S
-66.27600°
Accurate to 30m
Longitude:
110° 32' 03.8" E
110.53439°
Accurate to 30m
Altitude:
0 m
Accurate to 5m

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Topographic data
Source Name:
Windmill Islands 1:50000 GIS Dataset
Source Identifier:
Metadata ( Wind50k - Windmill Islands 1:50000 Topographic GIS Dataset )
Source Scale:
1:5000
Source Institution:
Australian Antarctic Division
Source Person:
Brolsma
Source Publisher:
Australian Antarctic Division
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
Unknown

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