Robertson Channel
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Robertson Channel is a body of water separating Mitchell Peninsula
from Pidgeon Island
and Warrington Island
, in the Windmill Islands
. It was first mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill
in 1947 and 1948, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Richard A. Robertson, glaciologist and member of the Wilkes Station
party of 1958.
Mitchell Peninsula
Mitchell Peninsula is a rocky peninsula, 2.5 nautical miles long and 2 nautical miles wide, lying between O'Brien Bay and Sparkes Bay at the east side of the Windmill Islands. First mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S...
from Pidgeon Island
Pidgeon Island
Pidgeon Island is a rocky Antarctic island, a mile 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...
and Warrington Island
Warrington Island
Warrington Island is a rocky island, 0.7 nautical miles long, lying immediately south of Pidgeon Island in the Windmill Islands. First mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for W.H. Warrington,...
, in the Windmill Islands
Windmill Islands
The Windmill Islands are an Antarctic group of rocky islands and rocks about wide, paralleling the coast of Wilkes Land for immediately north of Vanderford Glacier along the east side of Vincennes Bay...
. It was first mapped from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill
Operation Windmill
Operation Windmill was the United States Navy's Second Antarctica Developments Project, an exploration and training mission to Antarctica in 1947–1948. This operation was a follow up to the First Antarctica Development Project known as Operation Highjump. The expedition was commanded by Commander...
in 1947 and 1948, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Richard A. Robertson, glaciologist and member of the Wilkes Station
Wilkes Station
Wilkes Station was an Antarctic research station established 29 January 1957 by the United States as one of seven U.S. stations established for the International Geophysical Year program in Antarctica...
party of 1958.