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Canisteo Peninsula

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231: 33: 416:. A small group of islands in Amundsen Sea, lying 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) northwest of Edwards Islands and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Canisteo Peninsula. Plotted from air photos taken by United States Navy Squadron VX-6 in January, 1960. Named by US-ACAN for James M. Sterrett, biologist with the ByrdAE in 1933-35. 40: 460:. Group of about 20 small islands, mostly ice free, lying off the southwest tip of Canisteo Peninsula. Plotted from air photos taken by United States Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by US-ACAN for "Z" "T" Edwards, chief quartermaster on the USS Glacier during the United States Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition to this area in February 1960. 614: 575: 378:. A small group of islands lying close to the northwest end of Canisteo Peninsula and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of Lindsey Islands. Mapped from air photos taken by United States Navy OpHjp in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for William A. Schaefer, geologist on the Ellsworth Land Survey, 1968-69. 334:. A group of islands lying just off the northwest tip of Canisteo Peninsula. Delineated from air photos taken by United States Navy OpHjp in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for Alton A. Lindsey, biologist with the ByrdAE, 1933-35. 618: 579: 167:) is an ice-covered peninsula, about 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) long and 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) wide, which projects between 82: 130: 583: 638: 275: 32: 425: 622: 432: 388: 350: 306: 192: 262:
is to the south. The Lindsey Islands, Sterrett Islands and Edwards Islands lie just west of the peninsula.
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Canisteo Peninsula was delineated from air photographs taken by the United States Navy
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Canisteo Peninsula is located in Antarctica
Ellsworth Land
73°48′S 102°20′W / 73.800°S 102.333°W / -73.800; -102.333 (Canisteo Peninsula)
73°48′S 102°20′W / 73.800°S 102.333°W / -73.800; -102.333 (Canisteo Peninsula)
Ferrero Bay
Cranton Bay
Amundsen Sea
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)

Amundsen Sea
Walgreen Coast
Ellsworth Land
Ferrero Bay
Cosgrove Ice Shelf
Cranton Bay
Operation Highjump
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
USS Canisteo
Lindsey Islands
73°37′S 103°18′W / 73.617°S 103.300°W / -73.617; -103.300
Schaefer Islands
73°40′S 103°24′W / 73.667°S 103.400°W / -73.667; -103.400
73°48′S 103°23′W / 73.800°S 103.383°W / -73.800; -103.383
Edwards Islands (Canisteo Peninsula)
73°53′S 103°08′W / 73.883°S 103.133°W / -73.883; -103.133

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