Condor Peninsula

	Condor Peninsula
	Geographical location
Coordinates	71 ° 45 '58 " S , 61 ° 27' 58" W Coordinates: 71 ° 45 '58 " S , 61 ° 27' 58" W
location	Black Coast , Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula
Waters 1	Odom inlet
Waters 2	Hilton Inlet
length	50 km
width

The Condor Peninsula is a mountainous peninsula on the Black Coast of the Palmerland in the Antarctic Peninsula . It extends between Odom Inlet in the north and the Hilton Inlet to the south .

The first aerial photos were taken during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) while flying a Curtiss T-32 Condor II on December 30, 1940 from East Base on Stonington Island . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the peninsula in 1976 after the aircraft with which the scientist on this expedition carried out numerous reconnaissance flights over the Antarctic Peninsula , George VI Sound , Alexander I Island , Charcot Island and the Bellingshausen Sea between 67 ° 30 'S and 74 ° 0' S. The United States Geological Survey made a detailed survey in 1974.

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