King Peninsula
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Coordinates | 72 ° 12 ′ S , 100 ° 15 ′ W | |
location | Ellsworthland , East Antarctica | |
Waters 1 | Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound | |
Waters 2 | Cosgrove Ice Shelf in Ferrero Bay | |
length | 160 km | |
width | 30 km |
The King Peninsula is a 160 km long, 30 km wide and icy peninsula on the border between the Walgreen and Eights coasts of the East Antarctic Ellsworthland . It is south of Thurston Island and separates the Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound from the Cosgrove Ice Shelf in Ferrero Bay .
It was identified as a long island or possible peninsula on aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The clear assignment as a peninsula was made using aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1960 after Naval Admiral Ernest Joseph King (1878-1956), Chief of Naval Operations between 1942 and 1945, who was involved in the preparatory work was involved in Operation Highjump.
Web links
- King Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- King Peninsula on geographic.org (English)