Penney Bay

Penney Bay is a large bay extending from Robinson Ridge to Browning Peninsula, at the eastern side of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Richard L. Penney, ornithologist and biologist at Wilkes Station in 1959 and 1960.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Penney Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

Coordinates: 66°26′S 110°36′E / 66.433°S 110.600°E / -66.433; 110.600


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