Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Henry Bay (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Henry Bay (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Bay
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:
A small bay about 7 km wide and 6 km long at the eastern end of Sabrina coast. Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Named by USACAN after Wilkes Henry, midshipman on the sloop Vincennes of the United States Exploring Expedition (1938-42) under Wilkes. First visited by the ANARE Expedition on the MV Magga Dan under Phillip Law in February, 1960.
Wilkes Henry, midshipman on the Vincennes of the USEE (1938-42)
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