Penney Bay is located in Antarctica
Penney Bay
Penney Bay
Location of Penney Bay in Antarctica

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, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

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


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