Cockerell Peninsula
| Cockerell Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 23 '54 " S , 58 ° 8' 43" W | |
| location | Trinity Peninsula , Graham Land , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters 1 | Lafond Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Huon Bay | |
The Cockerell Peninsula is an ice-covered and pear-shaped peninsula between Lafond Bay and Huon Bay on the north coast of the Antarctic Trinity Peninsula .
It was discovered during the French Antarctic Expedition (1837-1840) under the direction of Jules Dumont d'Urville . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) named them in 1977 in honor of the British engineer Christopher Cockerell (1910-1999), the inventor of the hovercraft .
Web links
- Cockerell Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cockerell Peninsula on geographic.org (English)
- Cockerell Peninsula on a topographic map of the Trinity Peninsula, Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy