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Kvinge Peninsula

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31: 221: 452:. A glacier about 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long. It drains east-northeast, to the north of Stockton Peak and Abendroth Peak, and merges with the north side of Gain Glacier before the latter enters Weddell Sea opposite Morency Island. Named by US-ACAN for David E. Murrish, USARP biologist, party leader for the study of peripheral vascular control mechanisms in birds in the Antarctic Peninsula region for three seasons, 1972-75. 38: 1214: 1180: 715:. An island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) long, lying close west of Steele Island and 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) northwest of Cape Bryant. Discovered by members of the East Base of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named for Anthony J.L. Morency, tractor driver for the East Base. 808:. A peak, 1,205 metres (3,953 ft) high, which is ice covered except for its rocky northeast side, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) northwest of the head of Palmer Inlet. This coast was first explored in 1940 by members of the USAS, but the peak was first charted by a joint party consisting of members of the 494:
to join Murrish Glacier, on the east side of Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Charles L. Guard, USARP biologist who (with David E. Murrish) made investigations of peripheral vascular control mechanisms in birds in the Antarctic Peninsula region for three seasons, 1972-75.
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to the south and Cape Bryant to the north on Kvinge Peninsula. To the west, Gain Glacier northeast flows to the sea past Singleton Nunatak and Marshall Peak. It is joined by Murrish Glacier from the left (west), which in turn is joined by Guard Glacier. Features to the west include Neshyba Peak,
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are to the north. Morency Island and the larger Steele Island are to the northeast. To the south the Kvinge Peninsula is bounded by the Kauffman Glacier, which flows from Singleton Nunatak into Palmer Inlet. Palmer Inlet's mouth is between Cape Musselman on
896:. A sharp, mostly ice-covered peak along the south side of the upper part of Murrish Glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west-northwest of Cat Ridge. Named by US-ACAN for William L. Stockton, USARP biologist at Palmer Station in 1972. 626:
Cape forming the south side of the entrance to Palmer Inlet. Discovered by members of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air from East Base in 1940. Named for Lytton C. Musselman, member of the East Base party which sledged across
673:. High, snow-covered cape forming the north side of the entrance to Palmer Inlet. Discovered by members of East Base of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named by the USAS for Herwil M. Bryant of the 934:. A peak 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northeast of Stockton Peak on the divide between the Murrish Glacier and Gain Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Ernst K. Abendroth, USARP biologist at Palmer Station in 1968. 1218: 1184: 584:. An ice-filled inlet 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long, lying between Cape Bryant and Cape Musselman. Essentially rectangular in shape, it is bordered by almost vertical cliffs. Discovered by members of 375:
and Morency Island. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Louis Gain, naturalist on the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, author of several of the expedition reports on zoology and botany.
325:. Broad, smooth glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long, flowing eastward into the head of Palmer Inlet. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas A. Kauffman, 858:. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Stephen Neshyba, USARP oceanographer who studied the laminar structure of the bottom water in the Antarctic Peninsula area, 1972-73. 279: 414:. A ridge in the middle of Gain Glacier. A descriptive name applied by US-ACAN. When viewed from northeastward, the limbs of the ridge are suggestive of a sprawling cat. 753:. A snow-covered island, 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) long from east to west and 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) wide, rising above the 854:. A small, sharp peak, mostly snow covered, surmounting the north part of a complex ridge 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) east-northeast of 80: 326: 1188: 588:
of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named for Robert Palmer, assistant to the meteorologist at the East Base.
128: 267: 813: 30: 809: 1237: 539: 1222: 263: 906: 868: 855: 826: 780: 725: 687: 645: 632: 598: 556: 510: 462: 424: 386: 343: 297: 182: 165:) is a snow-covered peninsula at the north side of Palmer Inlet terminating in Cape Bryant, on the east coast of 543: 761:. The steeply-sloping sides of the island are crevassed, but no rock is exposed. Discovered by members of 674: 816:(FIDS) in 1947. Named by the FIDS for Norman B. Marshall, zoologist at the FIDS Hope Bay base in 1945-46. 209: 275: 204: 199: 220: 372: 241: 758: 754: 250: 491: 371:. A large glacier flowing northeast from Cat Ridge and entering the Weddell Sea between 1195: 330: 765:
of the USAS in 1940. Named for Clarence E. Steele, tractor driver for the East Base.
1231: 1162: 628: 245: 538:. A nunatak located directly west of the head of Kauffman Glacier. Named by the 271: 237: 233: 229: 194: 166: 67: 921: 908: 883: 870: 841: 828: 795: 782: 740: 727: 702: 689: 660: 647: 613: 600: 571: 558: 525: 512: 477: 464: 439: 426: 401: 388: 358: 345: 312: 299: 144: 130: 96: 82: 762: 585: 490:. A broad tributary glacier that drains east along the south margin of 546:(BAS) geologist who worked in the general vicinity of this feature. 219: 757:, 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southeast of 224:
Northern Palmer Land. Kvinge Peninsula in southeast of map
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International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions
74: 63: 58: 266:(USGS) in 1974. It was named by the United States 8: 964: 19: 18: 327:United States Antarctic Research Program 37: 1200:, USGS: United States Geological Survey 1189:United States Board on Geographic Names 1144: 1132: 1120: 1108: 1096: 1084: 1072: 1060: 1048: 1036: 1024: 1012: 1000: 988: 976: 952: 942: 262:The Kvinge Peninsula was mapped by the 677:, biologist with the East Base party. 635:, which stands inland from this cape. 274:, a Norwegian oceanographer from the 268:Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names 7: 814:Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 810:Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition 542:(UK-APC) after David G. Singleton, 1221:from websites or documents of the 1187:from websites or documents of the 540:UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee 254:Stockton Peak and Abendroth Peak. 14: 1164:Geographic Names of the Antarctic 1217: This article incorporates 1212: 1183: This article incorporates 1178: 36: 29: 1223:United States Geological Survey 264:United States Geological Survey 228:The Kvinge Peninsula is on the 16:Peninsula located in Antarctica 1161:Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), 278:. Kvinge was a member of the 1: 210:GPX (secondary coordinates) 1254: 1238:Peninsulas of Palmer Land 205:GPX (primary coordinates) 180:Map all coordinates using 24: 544:British Antarctic Survey 188:Download coordinates as: 675:Smithsonian Institution 282:, 1968, 1969 and 1970. 1219:public domain material 1185:public domain material 225: 50:Location in Antarctica 223: 200:GPX (all coordinates) 276:University of Bergen 918: /  880: /  838: /  792: /  737: /  699: /  657: /  631:to the vicinity of 610: /  568: /  522: /  474: /  436: /  398: /  355: /  309: /  140: /  92: /  21: 226: 922:71.083°S 62.000°W 884:71.133°S 62.167°W 842:71.233°S 62.750°W 796:71.000°S 61.533°W 741:71.000°S 60.667°W 703:71.033°S 61.150°W 661:71.200°S 60.917°W 614:71.283°S 61.000°W 572:71.250°S 61.167°W 526:71.250°S 61.600°W 504:Singleton Nunatak 478:71.017°S 62.167°W 440:71.033°S 61.750°W 402:71.167°S 61.833°W 373:Imshaug Peninsula 359:71.017°S 61.417°W 313:71.250°S 61.300°W 242:Imshaug Peninsula 240:to the east. 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Kvinge Peninsula is located in Antarctica
Palmer Land
71°10′S 61°10′W / 71.167°S 61.167°W / -71.167; -61.167 (Kvinge Peninsula)
71°10′S 61°10′W / 71.167°S 61.167°W / -71.167; -61.167 (Kvinge Peninsula)
Palmer Land
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)

Black Coast
Palmer Land
Weddell Sea
Imshaug Peninsula
Lehrke Inlet
Foster Peninsula
United States Geological Survey
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Thor Kvinge
University of Bergen
International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions
71°15′S 61°18′W / 71.250°S 61.300°W / -71.250; -61.300
United States Antarctic Research Program
Palmer Station
71°01′S 61°25′W / 71.017°S 61.417°W / -71.017; -61.417
Imshaug Peninsula
71°10′S 61°50′W / 71.167°S 61.833°W / -71.167; -61.833
71°02′S 61°45′W / 71.033°S 61.750°W / -71.033; -61.750
71°01′S 62°10′W / 71.017°S 62.167°W / -71.017; -62.167

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