Name details

Spaulding Peninsula

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 131967

Feature type: Peninsula (8)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

A low ice-covered peninsula W of Martin Peninsula, extending 7 mi into Getz Ice Shelf between Brennan Inlet and Sweeny Inlet on the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN aerial photographs, 1959-67. Named by US-ACAN in 1977 after PRC Richard L. Spaulding, USN, parachute-rescue team leader, Operation Deep Freeze 1977, during which, over South Pole Station, he made his 1,000th career jump. He made over 110 Antarctic jumps in his nine Deep Freeze seasonal deployments through 1977.

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Location

Latitude:
74° 26' 00.0" S
-74.43333°
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Longitude:
116° 00' 00.0" W
-116.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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