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The Highjump Archipelago is a group of rocky islands, rocks and ice rises in Antarctica, about 93 kilometres (50 nmi) long and from 9 to 28 kilometres (5 to 15 nmi) wide, lying generally north of the Bunger Hills and extending from the Taylor Islands, close northwest of Cape Hordern, to a prominent group of ice rises which terminate close west of Cape Elliott. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump 1946–47 and so named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names. The codeword "highjump" was used for identifying the U.S. Navy Task Force 68, 1946–47. This task force was divided into three groups which completed photographic flights covering approximately 70 per cent of the coastal areas of Antarctica, excluding the Antarctic Peninsula, as well as significant portions of the interior.[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Highjump Archipelago". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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[de] Highjump-Archipel

Der Highjump-Archipel ist eine Gruppe von felsigen Inseln, Felsriffen und Eishöhen, die vor den Küsten des ostantarktischen Wilkeslands und Königin-Marie-Lands eine Fläche von 80 km Länge und 8 bis 24 km Breite einnehmen. Der Archipel liegt hauptsächlich nördlich der Bunger Hills und reicht von den Taylor-Inseln unmittelbar nordwestlich des Kap Hordern bis zu einer markanten Gruppe von Eishöhen, die ungefähr westlich des Kap Elliott enden. Neben den Taylor-Inseln gehören die Thomas-Insel, die Fuller-Insel, die Foster-Insel, die Dieglman-Insel, die Currituck-Insel, die Tschorny-Insel und die Mariner-Inseln zum Archipel.

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- [en] Highjump Archipelago

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