Hollick Kenyon Peninsula
| Hollick Kenyon Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 31 ′ S , 63 ° 45 ′ W | |
| location | Antarctic Peninsula (border between the Bowman Coast in Graham Land and Wilkins Coast in Palmer Country ) | |
| Waters 1 | Mobiloil Inlet | |
| Waters 2 | Casey Inlet | |
| length | 65 km | |
The Hollick Kenyon Peninsula is a peninsula that protrudes in a semicircular north-easterly direction into the Weddell Sea on the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula between Mobiloil Inlet and Casey Inlet as a 65 km long extension of a mountain range .
It was discovered and partly photographed by the American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth on his transantarctic flight in 1935 from Dundee Island to the Ross Sea . Further aerial photographs and first geodetic surveys were carried out in 1940 with the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). The peninsula is named after Ellsworth's pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon (1897–1975), whose pioneering work in starting and landing aircraft in isolated areas made an important logistical contribution to the exploration of the Antarctic continent.
Web links
- Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula on geographic.org (English)