Stornes Peninsula

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

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

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Place ID: 14097
Name ID: 132231

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.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A rocky, jagged peninsula about 3 mi long, projecting into Prydz Bay just W of Larsemann Hills. First mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37, and named Stornes (big promontory, or ness).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 26' 00.0" S
-69.43333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
76° 05' 00.0" E
76.08333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©Rick Oates 2009
Catalogue id
IA21822
Caption
Stornes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1300 feet. Looking South.
Photographer
Oates, Rick

Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1971

Related information

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