Windmill Islands

Windmill Islands

The Windmill Islands are an Antarctic group of rocky islands and rocks (coord|66|20|S|110|28|E) about 6 mi wide, paralleling the coast of Wilkes Land for 17 mi immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east 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 southwest 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 the 'Second Antarctic Development Project', U.S. Navy Task Force 39, 1947-48.

See also

* List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands


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