Whittle Peninsula
| Whittle Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 48 ′ 15 " S , 59 ° 48 ′ 8" W | |
| location | Davis Coast ( Graham Land , Antarctic Peninsula ) | |
| Waters 1 | Bransfield Street | |
| Waters 2 | Charcot Bay | |
| Waters 3 | Jordanoff Bay | |
| Waters 4 | Orléans Street | |
The Whittle Peninsula is a peninsula on the Davis Coast of Graham Land in the Antarctic Peninsula . It borders Charcot Bay to the west and ends in Cape Kater .
Participants in the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903), led by Otto Nordenskjöld , surveyed the peninsula in December 1902. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 after the British pilot and aviation pioneer Frank Whittle (1907-1996), who in 1937 developed the jet engine independently and at the same time as Hans von Ohain .
Web links
- Whittle Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Whittle Peninsula on geographic.org