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Backer Islands
The
Backer Islands
are a chain of small islands at the south side of
Cranton Bay
. The islands trend northwest for from the
ice shelf
which forms the southern limit of the
bay
. They were mapped by the
United States Geological Survey
from surveys and from
U.S. Navy
air photos, 1960–66, and named by the
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
for Walter K. Backer, a U.S. Navy chief construction mechanic at
Byrd Station
, 1967.
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