Budd Coast part of Wilkes Land

Wilkes Land

Wilkes Land is a large district of land in eastern Antarctica, formally claimed by Australia as part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, though the validity of this claim has been placed for the period of the operation of the Antarctic Treaty, to which Australia is a signatory...

, is that portion of the coast of Antarctica lying between the Hatch Islands

Hatch Islands

The Hatch Islands are a small island group off the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land in Australian Antarctica. They were named after Ernest B. Hatch, a tractor driver on Operation Windmill....

, at 109°16'E, and Cape Waldron

Cape Waldron

Cape Waldron is an ice-covered cape in Antarctica, just westward of Totten Glacier. It was delineated by G.D. Blodgett from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump , and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for R.R. Waldron, purser on the sloop USS Vincennes of the...

, at 115°33'E. It was discovered in February 1840 by the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838–42) under the leadership of Lieutenant Charles Wilkes

Charles Wilkes

Charles Wilkes was an American naval officer and explorer. He led the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 and commanded the ship in the Trent Affair during the American Civil War...

, and named by Wilkes for Thomas A. Budd, Acting Master of the sloop Peacock

USS Peacock (1813)

The first USS Peacock was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.Peacock was authorized by Act of Congress 3 March 1813, laid down 9 July 1813 by Adam & Noah Brown at the New York Navy Yard, and launched 19 September 1813. She served in the War of 1812, capturing twenty ships...

, one of the ships used on the expedition.