Smith Peninsula
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Smith Peninsula is an ice-covered, "dog-legged" peninsula
25 nautical miles (46 km) long and 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, extending in an easterly direction between Keller and Nantucket Inlets on the east coast of Palmer Land
. The peninsula was photographed from the air in December 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), and in 1947 by members of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE) under Ronne, who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted it from the ground. Named by Ronne for Walter Smith, ship's mate, navigator, and trail man with Ronne's expedition.
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"....
25 nautical miles (46 km) long and 10 nautical miles (18 km) wide, extending in an easterly direction between Keller and Nantucket Inlets on the east coast of Palmer Land
Palmer Land
Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...
. The peninsula was photographed from the air in December 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), and in 1947 by members of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
(RARE) under Ronne, who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted it from the ground. Named by Ronne for Walter Smith, ship's mate, navigator, and trail man with Ronne's expedition.