Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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Feature type: Peninsula (8)
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:
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).
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