Kemp Peninsula
| Kemp Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 8 ′ S , 60 ° 12 ′ W | |
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters 1 | Weddell Sea | |
| length | 42 km | |
| width | Max. 20 km | |
The Kemp Peninsula is an icy, jagged, around 42 km long and 8-20 km wide peninsula on the Lassiter Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises moderately up to 305 m and lies between Mason Inlet and Mossman Inlet .
It was first sighted in December 1940 on a flight during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941). The mapping was carried out by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) under the direction of the US polar explorer Finn Ronne in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . The latter named the peninsula after the British marine biologist Stanley Wells Kemp (1882–1945).
Web links
- Kemp Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kemp Peninsula on geographic.org (English)