Feature Name (see definition): Bailey Peninsula

Feature Class (see definition): Cape

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 841

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 17' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 110° 32' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.2833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 110.5333333

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956

Description (see definition): Rocky peninsula, 1.8 mi long and 1 mi wide, lying between Newcomb Bay and O'Brien Bay at the E side of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp aerial photographs taken in February 1947 and thought to be an island connected by a steep snow ramp to the continental ice overlying Budd Coast. The term peninsula was considered more appropriate by the Wilkes Station party of 1957. Named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Claude E. Bailey, USN, captain of the USS Henderson, destroyer escort of the western task group of U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, Task Force 68, 1946-47.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data