Booth Peninsula
| Booth Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 101 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| location | Knox Coast , Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Waters 1 | Mawson Lake | |
| length | 6.5 km | |
| width | 1.5 km | |
The Booth Peninsula ( Russian Полуостров Чарнокитовый Poluostrow Tscharnokitowy ) is a rocky peninsula located on the Knox coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland 5 km southwest of the Remenchus Glacier .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy during Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1956 after George H. Booth, a crew member of the flights carried out by Lieutenant Commander David Eli Bunger (1909–1971) in Operation Highjump.
Web links
- Booth Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Booth Peninsula on geographic.org (English)