Kirkby Shoal
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Kirkby Shoal | |
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Submerged bank
  Kirkby Shoal (Antarctica) | |
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| Ocean | Southern Ocean |
| Archipelago | Windmill Islands |
| Minimum depth | 18 m |
Kirkby Shoal is a small shoal area with depths of less than 10 fathoms (18 m) extending about 150 yards (140 m) westwards and south-southwestwards, about 3.4 km (2.1 mi) from the summit of Shirley Island, Windmill Islands, and 0.15 mi (0.24 km) northwest of Stonehocker Point, Clark Peninsula.[1]
Discovery and naming
[edit]Kirkby Shoal was discovered and charted in 1962 during a hydrographic survey of Newcomb Bay and approaches by d'A.T. Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) on the Thala Dan, led by Phillip Law. It was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia after Sydney L. Kirkby, a surveyor at Mawson Station in 1956 and 1960.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kirkby Shoal". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
External links
[edit]- Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)
- Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
- PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory
- Mawson Station
This article incorporates public domain material from "Kirkby Shoal". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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