# Henry Bay

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**Henry Bay** ([66°52′S 120°45′E](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=66_52_S_120_45_E)) is a small [bay](/source/Bay) at the eastern end of the [Sabrina Coast](/source/Sabrina_Coast), Antarctica, with the [Henry Islands](/source/Henry_Islands) lying in its western part. The bay was delineated from aerial photographs taken by [U.S. Navy](/source/U.S._Navy) [Operation Highjump](/source/Operation_Highjump) (1946–47), and named by the [Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names](/source/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names) for [Wilkes Henry](/source/Wilkes_Henry), a midshipman on the sloop *[Vincennes](/source/USS_Vincennes_(1826))* during the [United States Exploring Expedition](/source/United_States_Exploring_Expedition) (1838–42) under Lieutenant [Charles Wilkes](/source/Charles_Wilkes).[1][2]

## References

1. 6659. Retrieved 2012-06-13.

1. Alberts, Fred G. (ed.) (June 1995). [*Geographic Names of the Antarctic*](https://archive.org/download/GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic2ndEdition/Gna-GeographicNamesOfTheAntarctic2ndEdition1995.pdf). second ed. [United States Board on Geographic Names](/source/United_States_Board_on_Geographic_Names). p. 328. Retrieved 2012-04-05.

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