Evans Peninsula
| Evans Peninsula | ||
 Map of Thurston Island with the Evans Peninsula (top right) |
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| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 1 ′ S , 96 ° 47 ′ W | |
| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Waters 1 | Koether Inlet | |
| Waters 2 | Cadwalader Inlet | |
| length | 48 km | |
The Evans Peninsula is a 48 km long and icy peninsula in the northeastern section of Thurston Island off the Eights coast of West Antarctic Ellsworthlands , which ends seaward in the form of Cape Braathen . It lies between the Koether Inlet and the Cadwalader Inlet .
It was discovered in February 1960 during helicopter flights from the USCGC Burton Island and the USS Glacier as part of the United States Navy research trip to the Bellingshausen Sea . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1960 after Commander Griffith Conrad Evans Jr. (1918–1978), commander of the icebreaker USS Burton Island on this research trip .
Web links
- Evans Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Evans Peninsula on geographic.org