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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Churchill Peninsula (RUS) | 66° 25' 00.0" S | 62° 45' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
| Name ID: 117473 Place ID: 2686 | |||
| Churchill Peninsula (GBR) | 66° 30' 00.0" S | 62° 44' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 108203
Place ID: 2686
extending SSE 60km into Larsen Ice Shelf and dividing Oscar II Coast from Foyn Coast, was seen from the air by RARE on 22 December 1947 and called Flint Peninsula after R.F. Flint (Flint Glacier, q.v.) (Ronne, 1949, map p.230 and end map); surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in 1947; in association with the names in this area of members of the War Cabinet responsible for Operation "Tabarin" in 1943, named after The Rt Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer (later Sir Winston) Churchill (1874-1965), English statesman; Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister of Defence and Leader of the War Cabinet, 1940-45; Prime Minister, 1951-55; Nobel Laureate for literature, 1953 (BA chart 3570, 27.vi.1952; APC, 1955, p.7; DCS 601 sheet 66 62, 1955).Pen¡nsula Ameghino, after F. Ameghino (Longing Gap, q.v.) (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.325). Flint-Halbinsel, Foyn-Halbinsel (Kosack, 1955a, p.221, end map). Pen¡nsula Churchill (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.76). Poloostrov Foynv (Bártl, 1958, map facing p.144). Poluostrov Cherchill (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Pen¡nsula Suecia [=Sweden peninsula], in reference to SwAE (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1963). An Argentine refuge hut called "Santa Teresita" was established at the N end of the peninsula in September 1963 (Argentina. IAA, 1965, p.416). |
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| Churchill Peninsula (USA) | 66° 30' 00.0" S | 62° 45' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 123564
Place ID: 2686
Ice-covered peninsula between Cabinet and Adie Inlets, extending some 30 mi in a SE direction from the E coast of Graham Land. Photographed from the air by the RARE and charted from the ground by the FIDS during 1947. Named by the FIDS for Rt. Hon. (later Sir) Winston S. Churchill, M.P., British Prime Minister and leader of the War Cabinet which authorized the FIDS in 1943. |
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| Churchill, Península (CHL) | 66° 30' 00.0" S | 62° 45' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 105329
Place ID: 2686
En 1947 fue aerofotografiada por la Expedición Antártica de 1947-1948, al mando de Finne Ronne y cartografíada por una expedición británica que le dio el nombre por el Honorabilísimo (después Sir) Winston S. Churchill, miembro del Parlamento Británico y primer ministro. Península cubierta de hielo entre las ensenadas Reales Cédulas y Adie, que se extiende por 32 millas en dirección SE desde la costa oriental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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