Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Highjump Archipelago (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Highjump Archipelago (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Archipelago
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 group of rocky islands and rocks about 95 km long and 9 to 28 km wide, extending in a north-east direction off the Bunger Hills, Knox Coast, Wilkes Lane.
Delineated from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and named by USACAN after code word Highjump by which USN Task Force 68 (1946-47) was known.
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