Name details

Anderson Peninsula

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139939

Feature type: Peninsula

Origin

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

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Low ice-covered peninsula, 15km long, terminating in Belousov Point. The feature lies between Gillett Ice Shelf and Suvorov Glacier on the coastal margin of the Wilson Hills.

Named For

Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (later Captain) Richard E. Anderson, Civil Engineer Corps (CEC), U.S. Navy (USN), base public works officer at McMurdo Sound during Operation Deep Freeze I and II. He wintered over in the McMurdo area during the latter operation, 1957.

Location

Latitude:
69° 48' 00.0" S
-69.80000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 13' 00.0" E
160.21667°
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Altitude:
183 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 10_38 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
15-Jul-1971

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