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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Williamson Peninsula (USA) | 72° 27' 00.0" S | 99° 18' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 136422
Place ID: 17579
An ice-covered peninsula midway along the S side of Thurston Island. It extends SW into Abbot Ice Shelf between Schwartz Cove and O'Dowd Cove. Named by US-ACAN after Lt. Cdr. H. E. Williamson, Medical Officer of the seaplane tender Pine Island in the Eastern Group of USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47. |
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