Smith Peninsula
| Smith Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 24 ′ S , 61 ° 36 ′ W | |
| location | Lassiter Coast , Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters 1 | Weddell Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Basement inlet | |
| Waters 3 | Nantucket Inlet | |
| Waters 4 | Clarke Bay | |
| length | 40 km | |
| width | 16 km | |
The Smith Peninsula is an ice-covered, about 40 km long and 16 km wide peninsula on the Lassiter Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It separates Keller Inlet in the north from Nantucket Inlet in the south. Clarke Bay is at its eastern end .
She was first photographed 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 . Ronne named the peninsula after Walter Henry Smith (1923-2007), a member of the expedition.
Web links
- Smith Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Smith Peninsula on geographic.org (English)