Tierney Peninsula
| Tierney Peninsula | ||
 Map of Thurston Island with the Tierney Peninsula (right) |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 23 ′ S , 95 ° 46 ′ W | |
| location | Thurston Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters 1 | Morgan Inlet | |
| Waters 2 | Seraph Bay | |
| length | 22 km | |
The Tierney Peninsula is a 22 km long and icy peninsula at the eastern end of Thurston Island off the Eights coast of West Antarctic Ellsworthland , which ends seaward in Cape Annawan . It lies between the Savage Glacier and Morgan Inlet .
It was discovered in February 1960 during helicopter flights from the USCGC Burton Island and the USS Glacier as part of the United States Navy research trip to the Bellingshausen Sea . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him after James Q. Tierney (* 1924), oceanographer on board the USCGC icebreaker Burton Island during this research trip .
Web links
- Tierney Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tierney Peninsula on geographic.org (English)