Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Hughes Peninsula (RUS) | 71° 58' 00.0" S | 100° 00' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 118542 Place ID: 6726 | |||
| Hughes Peninsula (USA) | 71° 54' 00.0" S | 100° 17' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 126806
Place ID: 6726
Ice-covered peninsula about 18 mi long, lying W of Henry Inlet on the N side of Thurston Island. Plotted from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for Jerry Hughes, photographer's mate with the USN Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960, who took aerial photographs of Thurston Island from helicopters. |
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