Kirkby Shoal
Introduction '''Kirkby Shoal''' is a small shoal area with depths of less than  extending about  westwards and south-southwestwards, about  from the summit of Shirley Island, Windmill Islands, and  northwest of Stonehocker Point, Clark Peninsula.
Discovery and naming Kirkby Shoal was discovered and charted in 1962 during a hydrographic survey of Newcomb Bay and approaches by d'A.T. Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) on the ''Thala Dan'', led by Phillip Law. It was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia after Sydney L. Kirkby, a surveyor at Mawson Station in 1956 and 1960.
See also * History of Antarctica* List of Antarctic expeditions
References
External links *  Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)*  Australian Antarctic Gazetteer*  Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)*  PDF Map of the Australian Antarctic Territory*  Mawson Station