Tierney Peninsula
Tierney Peninsula (72°23′S 95°46′W / 72.383°S 95.767°WCoordinates: 72°23′S 95°46′W / 72.383°S 95.767°W) is an ice-covered peninsula about 14 nautical miles (26 km) long, between Savage Glacier and Morgan Inlet in the east end of Thurston Island.[1] The east extremity of the peninsula (and Thurston Island overall) is Cape Annawan.[2] These features were discovered on helicopter flights from the USS Burton Island and Glacier of the in February 1960 and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN). The peninsula was named for , oceanographer aboard the Burton Island on this expedition.[1] The cape was named for the ship Annawan of the of 1829–31, which with the Penguin sailed west from the South Shetland Islands in February 1830, holding a course between 62S and 58S and exploring as far as 103W, northward of this cape.[2]
Two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the base is Pallid Crest, a solitary ice-covered ridge visible from a considerable distance and various directions. It was named by US-ACAN because of its whitish appearance.[3]
Maps[]
- Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
References[]
- ^ a b "Tierney Peninsula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ a b "Cape Annawan". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Pallid Crest". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
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- Peninsulas of Ellsworth Land
- Thurston Island
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