Hatch Islands

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The Hatch Islands are a small island group off the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land in Australian Antarctica.[1] They were named after Ernest B. Hatch, a tractor driver on Operation Windmill.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Herzfeld, Ute Christina (2004). Atlas of Antarctica: topographic maps from geostatistical analysis of satellite radar altimeter data. Springer. p. 96. ISBN 978-3-540-43457-3. 
  2. ↑ Stewart, John (1990). Antarctica: an encyclopedia, Volume 1. McFarland. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-89950-597-8. 

Coordinates: 66°32′S 109°16′E / 66.533°S 109.267°E / -66.533; 109.267

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