Botnneset Peninsula
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Botnneset Peninsula is a mainly ice-covered peninsula
between Fletta Bay
and Djupvika along the south side, or "bottom," of Lutzow-Holm Bay
. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named "Botnneset" (the bottom promontory).
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
between Fletta Bay
Fletta Bay
Fletta Bay is a bay indenting the southwest shore of Lutzow-Holm Bay immediately west of Botnneset Peninsula. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named Fletta ....
and Djupvika along the south side, or "bottom," of Lutzow-Holm Bay
Lutzow-Holm Bay
Lutzow-Holm Bay is a large bay in Antarctica, about 120 miles wide, indenting the coast of Queen Maud Land between Riiser-Larsen Peninsula and the coastal angle immediately east of the Flatvaer Islands. It was discovered by Capt. Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in two airplane flights from his expedition...
. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, and named "Botnneset" (the bottom promontory).