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)
Whittle Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Whittle Peninsula (The name as it would appear on a map)
If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au
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:
forming W side of Charcot Bay and terminating in Cape Kater, Davis Coast, was photographed from the air by FIDASE, 1956-57, and surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1959-60 (BAS 250 sheet SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974); in association with the names of pioneers of aviation grouped in this area, named after Air Cdre Sir Frank Whittle, RAF (b. 1907), British pioneer of gas turbines for jet propulsion of aircraft from 1937 onwards (APC, 1980, p.5).
No images of this place could be found.
Biodiversity
View
fauna,
flora or
both
within 1.0 degree of this location
Place names
View
British or
international
place names within 1.0 degree of this location.