Vincennes Bay
66°20′S 110°28′E
Windmill Islands
5 kilometres (17 nmi) immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east side of Vincennes Bay. 15 mi) NW of Stonehocker Point, Clark Peninsula.
Overview
The Windmill Islands are an Antarctic group of rocky islands and rocks about 11.1 kilometres (6 nmi) wide, paralleling the coast of Wilkes Land for 31.5 kilometres (17 nmi) immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east side of Vincennes Bay. Kirkby Shoal is a small shoal area with depths of less than 18 metres (59 ft) extending about 140 metres (459 ft) westwards and SSW, about 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) from the summit of Shirley Island, Windmill Islands, and 0.24 kilometres (0.15 mi) NW of Stonehocker Point, Clark Peninsula. The Windmill Islands were 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.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands12
- Minor islands36
- Islets118
- Rocks & skerries47
Major islands
Holl Island
- Area
- 4 km²
- High point
- 92 m
Holl Island is a rocky, triangular-shaped Antarctic island, 3.1 km (1.7 nmi) long, marking the south-western end of the Windmill Islands.
Peterson Island
- Area
- 3.5 km²
- High point
- 75 m
Peterson Island is a rocky island, 3.5 km (2.2 mi) long, with two inlets indenting the north side, lying west of, and separated by a narrow channel 200-400 m wide from, the Browning Peninsula, in the southern part of the Windmill Islands on the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land, Antarctica.
Herring Island
- Area
- 3.1 km²
- High point
- 80 m
9 km (1 nmi) east of Cloyd Island in the south part of the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. Named by the US-ACAN for Lt. Charles C.
Odbert Island
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- High point
- 88 m
Odbert Island is a rocky island, 2.4 km (1.5 mi) long, between Ardery Island and Robinson Ridge in the Windmill Islands of Antarctica.
Beall Island
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- High point
- 46 m
Beall Island is a rocky island with small coves indenting the eastern and western sides, lying 600 m (660 yd) south-west of the Bailey Peninsula, in the Windmill Islands on the Budd Coast of Antarctica. There are several small lakes on the island.
Ford Island
- Area
- 1.8 km²
- High point
- 70 m
3 nmi) long, between O'Connor and Cloyd Islands in the southern part of the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. It was named by the US-ACAN for Homer D.
Pidgeon Island
- Area
- 1.6 km²
- High point
- 68 m
Pidgeon Island is a rocky Antarctic island, 2 kilometres (1 nmi) long, between Midgley Island and Mitchell Peninsula in the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948. It was named by the US-ACAN for E. C.
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.89 km²
- High point
- 64 m
Warrington Island
- Area
- 0.88 km²
- High point
- 61 m
3 km) long, lying immediately south of Pidgeon Island in the Windmill Islands. S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47. H. S. Navy Operation Highjump flights in this and other coastal areas between 14 and 164 East longitude.
Hollin Island
- Area
- 0.82 km²
- High point
- 45 m
Hollin Island is an Antarctic island about 1.9 kilometres (1 nmi) long, lying north of Midgley Island, in the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump in 1946 and 1947. It was named by the US-ACAN for John T. Hollin, glaciologist at Wilkes Station in 1958.
O'Connor Island
- Area
- 0.65 km²
- High point
- 72 m
O'Connor Island is a rocky island, 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) long, lying between Holl and Ford Islands in the southern part of the Windmill Islands of Wilkes Land, Antarctica.
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.62 km²
- High point
- 64 m
Minor islands
Shirley Island
- Area
- 0.54 km²
- High point
- 33 m
Boffa Island
- Area
- 0.43 km²
- High point
- 63 m
Burnett Island
- Area
- 0.41 km²
- High point
- 9 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.41 km²
- High point
- 51 m
Honkala Island
- Area
- 0.4 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.3 km²
- High point
- 62 m
Berkley Island
- Area
- 0.17 km²
- High point
- 21 m
Cameron Island, Antarctica
- Area
- 0.15 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.13 km²
- High point
- 34 m
McMullin Island
- Area
- 0.12 km²
- High point
- 20 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.12 km²
- High point
- 78 m
Bousquet Island
- Area
- 0.11 km²
- High point
- 28 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.1 km²
- High point
- 35 m
Ardery Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Austral Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Birkenhauer Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Borrello Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Bosner Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Bøving Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Cloyd Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Daniel Island, Antarctica
- Area
- —
size unknown
Denison Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Edman Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Gibney Reef
- Area
- —
size unknown
Griffith Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Hemphill Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
McIntyre Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Midgley Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Motherway Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Niles Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Ommundsen Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Sack Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Spano Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Teigan Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Wilson Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Zimmerman Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Rocks & skerries
On the chart above, at its closest zooms.
Listing 48 of 213; the rest are on the chart.
Figures
Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Holl Island | 4 km² |
| Peterson Island | 3.5 km² |
| Herring Island | 3.1 km² |
| Odbert Island | 1.9 km² |
| Beall Island | 1.9 km² |
| Ford Island | 1.8 km² |
| Pidgeon Island | 1.6 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.89 km² |
| Warrington Island | 0.88 km² |
| Hollin Island | 0.82 km² |
| O'Connor Island | 0.65 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.62 km² |
| Shirley Island | 0.54 km² |
| Boffa Island | 0.43 km² |
| Burnett Island | 0.41 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.41 km² |
| Honkala Island | 0.4 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 km² |
| Berkley Island | 0.17 km² |
| Cameron Island, Antarctica | 0.15 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.13 km² |
| McMullin Island | 0.12 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.12 km² |
| Bousquet Island | 0.11 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 km² |