Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Windmill Islands (AUS) | 66° 21' 00.0" S | 110° 25' 00.1" E | Island |
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Name ID: 879
Place ID: 16132
A strip of rocky islands about 11 km wide, parallel to the coast and extending north for about 28 km from Vanderford Glacier, on the eastern side of Vincennes Bay. Mapped from air photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). Wilkes station was established there in 1957 and Casey station established there in 1969. Visited by helicopter by personnel for USN Operation Windmill (1947-48) after which the islands were named by USACAN. |
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| Windmill Islands (RUS) | 66° 20' 00.0" S | 110° 30' 00.0" E | Island |
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| Windmill Islands (USA) | 66° 20' 00.0" S | 110° 28' 00.0" E | Island |
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Name ID: 133776
Place ID: 16132
A group of rocky islands and rocks about 6 mi wide, paralleling the coast for 17 mi immediately N of Vanderford Glacier along the E side of Vincennes Bay. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. So named by the US-ACAN because personnel of Operation Windmill, 1947-48, landed on Holl Island at the SW 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 Second Antarctic Development Project, U.S. Navy Task Force 39, 1947-48. |
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