Westarctica: Source of article predominately from Wikipedia article on Pine Island Bay

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[[File:PineIslandMap.jpg|thumb|Map showing Pine Island Bay]]
'''Pine Island Bay''' (74°50′S 102°40′W) is a bay about 40 miles (64 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide, into which flows the [[ice]] of the [[Pine Island Glacier]] at the southeast extremity of the [[Amundsen Sea]].

==Discovery and name==
It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump in December 1946, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the USS ''Pine Island'', seaplane tender and flagship of the eastern task group of USN Operation Highjump which explored this area.

[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

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Westarctica: Source of article predominately from Wikipedia article on Pine Island Bay