Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Peacock Sound (RUS) | 72° 30' 00.0" S | 102° 00' 00.0" W | Sound |
| Name ID: 119886 Place ID: 10994 | |||
| Peacock Sound (USA) | 72° 47' 00.0" S | 99° 05' 00.0" W | Sound |
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Name ID: 129934
Place ID: 10994
An ice-filled sound, 135 mi long and 40 mi wide, separating Thurston Island from the Eights Coast of Ellsworth Land. The sound is not navigable by ships, it being occupied by the western part of Abbot Ice Shelf. The feature was discovered by members of the USAS in flights from the ship Bear in February 1940, and was further delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump in December 1946. The sound was first noted to parallel the entire S coast of Thurston Island, thereby establishing insularity, by the USN Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. Named after the sloop of war Peacock in which Capt. William L. Hudson, in company with the tender Flying Fish under Lt. William M. Walker, both of the USEE, 1838-42, sailed along the edge of the pack ice to the north of Thurston Island for several days in March 1839. |
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