Merz Peninsula
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Merz Peninsula is an irregular, ice-covered peninsula, about 15 miles long in an east-west direction and averaging 25 miles wide, between Hilton Inlet
and Violante Inlet
on the east coast of Palmer Land
. It was discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the US Antarctic Service (USAS). During 1947 it was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE) under Ronne, who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted it from the ground.
Merz Peninsula was named by the FIDS for Alfred Merz
, 1880–1925, noted Austrian oceanographer and original leader of the German expedition in the Meteor, 1925-26.
Hilton Inlet
Hilton Inlet is an ice-filled inlet, 12 nautical miles wide, which recedes about 22 nautical miles west from its entrance between Capes Darlington and Knowles, along the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940, and named for Donald C...
and Violante Inlet
Violante Inlet
Violante Inlet is an ice-filled inlet 16 nautical miles long, in an east-west direction, and 12 to 15 nautical miles wide, lying between Cape Fanning and Cape Herdman along the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by members of the United States...
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...
. It was discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the US Antarctic Service (USAS). During 1947 it was photographed from the air by 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.
Merz Peninsula was named by the FIDS for Alfred Merz
Alfred Merz
Alfred Merz was an Austrian geographer, oceanographer and director of the Institute of Marine Science in Berlin. He died in Buenos Aires while on an expedition to survey the South Atlantic and is buried in Perchtoldsdorf...
, 1880–1925, noted Austrian oceanographer and original leader of the German expedition in the Meteor, 1925-26.