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Wilkes Land (Casey Station)

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Book cover Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 154))

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The Windmill Islands, at around 66 °17 ' S, 110 °32 'E on the eastern side of Vincennes Bay, are a series of peninsulas and islands occupying an area of exposed or permanently ice and snow-covered ground of around 105 km2, including an area of approximately 25 km2 of permanently ice-covered terrain between the L øken Moraine line, as an eastern boundary, and the rock outcrops of the peninsulas. The Vanderford Glacier forms a natural southern boundary to the region (Fig. 4.1).

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Seppelt, R.D. (2002). Wilkes Land (Casey Station). In: Beyer, L., Bölter, M. (eds) Geoecology of Antarctic Ice-Free Coastal Landscapes. Ecological Studies, vol 154. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56318-8_4

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