Kearns Peninsula

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

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

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Place ID: 17503
Name ID: 136133

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.

Narrative

A broad ice-covered peninsula between Potaka Inlet and Peale Inlet on the N side of Thurston Island. Named by US-ACAN after Lt. (jg) William H. Kearns, USNR, co-pilot of the Operation Highjump PBM Mariner seaplane that crashed on adjacent Noville Peninsula, Dec. 30, 1946. Kearns and five other survivors were rescued on Jan. 12, 1947.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 03' 00.0" S
-72.05000°
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Longitude:
99° 13' 00.0" W
-99.21667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-2003

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