Name details

Hallett Peninsula

Hallett Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hallett Peninsula  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 113458

Feature type: Peninsula (8)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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Narrative

The peninsula between Cape Wheatstone and Cape Hallett, separated from the Admiralty Mountains by Football Saddle and Edisto Inlet. It is an elongated basalt dome similar to Adare Peninsula, and has 1500m cliffs on tis eastern seaward side and 300m cliffs on its western side. Named by the NZ Geological Survey Atnarctic Expedition, 1957-58, because Hallett Station on Seabee Hook is at the northern end of the peninsula.

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Location

Latitude:
72° 30' 00.0" S
-72.50000°
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Longitude:
170° 10' 00.0" E
170.16667°
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Altitude:
1500 m
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Map

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Remote sensing:
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