Nicholson Peninsula
| Nicholson Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 43 ′ S , 160 ° 30 ′ E | |
| location | Shackleton Coast , Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Waters 1 | Ross Ice Shelf | |
| Waters 2 | Couzens Bay | |
| Waters 3 | Matterson Inlet | |
| length | 25 km | |
 1963 North Shackleton Coast map , NICHOLSON PENINSULA west of the center of the southern half of the map |
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The Nicholson Peninsula is a 25 km long and ice-covered peninsula on the Shackleton Coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It protrudes between Couzens Bay and Matterson Inlet into the western flank of the Ross Ice Shelf .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1965 after Captain William M. Nicholson (* 1918), of the United States Navy , Chief of Staff of the US Antarctic Projects Officers as part of Operation Deep Freeze in 1964.
Web links
- Nicholson Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nicholson Peninsula on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1103 (English).