Martin Peninsula
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Martin Peninsula is a peninsula
about 96 km (60) mi long and 32 km (20 mi) wide that is ice covered except for a few rock outcrops along its margins, located between Getz Ice Shelf
and Dotson Ice Shelf
on the coast of Marie Byrd Land
. The farthest point of the peninsula is Jacobsen Head
.
Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump
in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN after Col. Lawrence Martin, USA (Ret.), American geographer and authority on Antarctic exploration with the Library of Congress; member of US-SCAN, 1943-46.
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"....
about 96 km (60) mi long and 32 km (20 mi) wide that is ice covered except for a few rock outcrops along its margins, located between Getz Ice Shelf
Getz Ice Shelf
Getz Ice Shelf is an Antarctic ice shelf, over 480 km long and from 32 to 96 km wide, bordering the Hobbs and Bakutis Coasts of Marie Byrd Land between McDonald Heights and Martin Peninsula. Several large islands are partially or wholly embedded in the ice shelf.The ice shelf westward of Siple...
and Dotson Ice Shelf
Dotson Ice Shelf
Dotson Ice Shelf is an ice shelf about 48 km wide between Martin and Bear Peninsulas on the coast of Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica.First mapped by USGS from air photos obtained by USN Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN for Lt. William A...
on the coast of Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...
. The farthest point of the peninsula is Jacobsen Head
Jacobsen Head
Jacobsen Head is an ice-covered headland forming the northeast point of Slichter Foreland, Martin Peninsula, on the Walgreen Coast, Marie Byrd Land. First delineated by United States Geological Survey from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947. Named by Advisory...
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Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump
Operation Highjump
Operation Highjump , officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946-1947, was a United States Navy operation organized by RADM Richard E. Byrd Jr. USN, , Officer in Charge, Task Force 68, and led by RADM Richard H. Cruzen, USN, Commanding Officer, Task Force 68....
in January 1947. Named by US-ACAN after Col. Lawrence Martin, USA (Ret.), American geographer and authority on Antarctic exploration with the Library of Congress; member of US-SCAN, 1943-46.