| Kirkby Shoal | |
| Subdivision Type: | Ocean |
| Subdivision Name: | Southern Ocean |
| Subdivision Type1: | Archipelago |
| Subdivision Name1: | Windmill Islands |
| Subdivision Type2: | Minimum depth |
| Subdivision Name2: | 18 m |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Kirkby Shoal is a small shoal area with depths of less than 10fathom extending about 150yd westwards and south-southwestwards, about 3.4km (02.1miles) from the summit of Shirley Island, Windmill Islands, and 0.15miles northwest of Stonehocker Point, Clark Peninsula.[1]
Kirkby Shoal was discovered and charted in 1962 during a hydrographic survey of Newcomb Bay and approaches by d'A.T. Gale, hydrographic surveyor with the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (ANARE) on the Thala Dan, led by Phillip Law. It was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia after Sydney L. Kirkby, a surveyor at Mawson Station in 1956 and 1960.[1]