Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureBayNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionA bay, about 1 mile wide and 8 miles long, indenting the Ross Ice Shelf about 30 miles north-east of the Bay of Whales. Discovered in January 1902 by the NAE, 1901-04, but not named until the Japanese Antarctic Exepedition under Shirase landed there in January 1912. Shirase named if after the expedition ship Kainan Maru. The main American "Operation Deepfreeze" Base, Little America V, was established on this site in late December 1955. Not Helen Washington Bay.
