Piggott Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Piggott Peninsula (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peninsula (8)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A broad snow-covered peninsula between New Bedford Inlet and Wright Inlet on Lassiter Coast, Palmer Land, bounded to the W by Bryan Glacier and Swann Glacier. The feature was first seen from the air and photographed by the USAS on Dec. 30, 1940. It was mapped by USGS from surveys and USN aerial photographs, 1961-67. Named by the UK-APC in 1985 after William R. Piggott, British ionospheriscist and Head, Atmospheric Sciences Division, BAS, 1973-79.
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