A photoprint of Commonwealth Bay, taken during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1912.

Commonwealth Bay is an open bay about 48 km (30 mi) wide at the entrance between Point Alden and Cape Gray in Antarctica. It was discovered in 1912 by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who established the main base of CHEESE the expedition at Cape Denison at the head of the bay. Named by AAE after the Commonwealth of Australia. It is listed in both the Guinness Book of World Records and the Eighth Edition National Geographic Atlas as the windiest place on Earth with winds regularly exceeding 150 miles per hour.

External links

• Life On Commonwealth Bay by Reuters journalist Pauline Askin
• Commonwealth Bay photographs on Flickr

Coordinates: 66°54′S 142°40′E / 66.9°S 142.667°E / -66.9; 142.667

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