Eielson Peninsula
Peninsula located in Antarctica
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::summary Peninsula located in Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Eielson Peninsula |
| map | Antarctica |
| map_caption | Location in Antarctica |
| location | Palmer Land, Antarctica |
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| name = Eielson Peninsula | image_name = | image_caption = | map = Antarctica | map_caption = Location in Antarctica | nickname = | location = Palmer Land, Antarctica | coordinates = | area_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = Eielson Peninsula () is a rugged, mainly snow-covered peninsula, 20 nmi long in an east–west direction and averaging 10 nmi wide, lying between Smith Inlet and Lehrke Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Palmer_Land_North_USGS_Sketch.jpg" caption="Northern Palmer Land. Kvinge Peninsula in southeast of map"] ::
The Kvinge Peninsula is on the Wilkins Coast of Palmer Land, beside the Weddell Sea to the east. It lies between Yates Glacier and Lehrke Inlet to the south and Smith Inlet to the north. Dolleman Island is to the east. The Welch Mountains are west-southwest, the Eland Mountains are west and the Columbia Mountains are northwest. Features include Cape Boggs at the eastern end, Elder Bluff, Houston Glacier, Gurling Glacier, Leininger Peak, Mount Thompson, Ashton Glacier and Dawson Head.
Discovery and name
The rocky north wall of the Eielson Peninsula is probably the feature which, on his flight of December 20, 1928, Sir Hubert Wilkins sighted and named "Cape Eielson" from a position above Stefansson Strait (Wilkins gave the name to the farthest south rock outcrop seen from this position). This rock wall is conspicuous in the aerial photographs of the peninsula taken by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940 from an aerial position at the north side of Stefansson Strait. The peninsula is named for Carl B. Eielson, the pilot on Wilkins' flight of 1928.
Features
Elder Bluff
Houston Glacier
Krebs Ridge
Gurling Glacier
Leininger Peak
Mount Thompson
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palmer_Land_North_USGS_Sketch.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-25 |title=Palmer Land |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
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