Kemp Peninsula
Ice-covered peninsula in Antarctica
title: "Kemp Peninsula" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["peninsulas-of-palmer-land"] description: "Ice-covered peninsula in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/peninsulas-of-palmer-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemp_Peninsula" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Ice-covered peninsula in Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kemp Peninsula |
| map | Antarctica |
| map_caption | Location in Antarctica |
| location | Palmer Land, Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
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| name = Kemp 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 = Kemp Peninsula () is an irregular ice-covered peninsula 26 nmi long in a north–south direction and 5 to wide. The peninsula rises gently to 305 m and projects east between the heads of Mason Inlet and Mossman 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="Palmer Land. Northof Kemp Peninsula in southeast of map"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Ellsworth_Land_-_Palmer_Land.jpg" caption="Eastern Ellsworth Land (south), Southern Palmer Land (north). South of Kemp Peninsula in northeast of map."] ::
The Kemp Peninsula is on the Lassiter Coast of southern Palmer Land, beside the Weddell Sea to the east. Mason Inlet is to the north, fed by Clowes Glacier. The coastal ice sheet extends north from Mason Inlet to Cape Herdman, at the south of the mouth of Violante Inlet. The northern point of the peninsula is Cape Mackintosh. The Wegener Range is to the east. Cape Deacon is near the southern point. Mossman Inlet is to the south, just north of New Bedford Inlet and east of Mount Pawson and Mohn Peaks on the mainland.
Discovery and name
Kemp Peninsula was first seen from the air in December 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), who at that time photographed all but its northern extremity. During 1947 it was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted it from the ground. It was named by the FIDS for Stanley W. Kemp, a British marine biologist and oceanographer, first Director of Research of the Discovery Investigations, 1924–36, and Director of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, 1936–45.
Features
Clowes Glacier
Mason Inlet
Cape Mackintosh
Cape Deacon
Jeffries Bluff
Mossman Inlet
Mount Pawson
Mohn Peaks
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:Ellsworth_Land_-_Palmer_Land.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-25 |title=Ellsworth Land - Palmer Land |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
- {{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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