Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Eielson Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Eielson Peninsula (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peninsula
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Peninsula approx. 35km long between Smith Inlet and Lehrke Inlet dividing Wilkins Coast from Black Coast. The name Cape Eielson was originally applied to a "few small, low nunataks about a cape" c. 70°10'S 62°35'W, photographed from the air by Wilkins, 20 December 1928, and named after Carl Ben Eielson (1897-1929), pilot of the Wilkins-Hearst Antarctic Expedition, 1928-29, who with Wilkins made the first flight in the Antarctic, 16 November 1928, from Deception Island. The true identity of the original feature remains uncertain. Eielson Peninsula applied to current feature (APC, 1953, GBR chart 1954). For further information see British Antarctic Territory Gazetteer.
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