Tabarin Peninsula

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

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

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Place ID: 14363
Name ID: 132435

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

Peninsula 15 mi long and 5 to 12 mi wide, lying S of the trough between Hope Bay and Duse Bay and forming the E extremity of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered and charted by the SwedAE, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. It was mapped in 1946 by the FIDS and named after Operation Tabarin, the naval code name for the FIDS from 1943 to 1945.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 32' 00.0" S
-63.53333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
57° 00' 00.0" W
-57.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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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-1952

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