Linsley Peninsula
| Linsley Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 98 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| location | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Waters 1 | Murphy Inlet | |
The Linsley Peninsula is a wide and roughly rectangular peninsula on the north coast of Thurston Island off the Eights coast of West Antarctica Ellsworthland . It protrudes into the southern part of Murphy Inlet .
The peninsula was first mapped using aerial photographs taken during Operation Highjump (1946–1947) carried out by the United States Navy . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1972 after Lieutenant Commander Richard G. Linsley, pilot of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules to support geological crews for the United States Antarctic Research Program on Thurston Island between 1968 and 1969.
Web links
- Linsley Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Linsley Peninsula on geographic.org (English)