Countess Peninsula
| Countess Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 66 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 101 ° 14 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| location | Knox Coast , Wilkesland , East Antarctica | |
| Waters 1 | Mawson Lake | |
| length | 2.5 km | |
| width | 800 m | |
The Countess Peninsula is a rocky, 2.5 km long and 800 wide peninsula on the Knox coast of the East Antarctic Wilkesland . It extends westward between the Booth Peninsula and the base of the Bunger Hills .
Aerial photographs of the US American Operation Highjump (1946–1947) were used to map them. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1961 after Julian Countess (* 1926), crew member of the flights carried out by Lieutenant Commander David Eli Bunger (1909-1971) during Operation Highjump.
Web links
- Countess Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Countess Peninsula on geographic.org (English)