mawson, peninsula, high, metre, narrow, covered, peninsula, george, coast, west, side, slava, shelf, antarctica, terminating, cape, hudson, extends, over, nautical, miles, northwesterly, direction, peninsula, photographed, from, navy, operation, highjump, 1946. Mawson Peninsula 68 35 S 154 11 E 68 583 S 154 183 E 68 583 154 183 is a high 455 metre 1 500 ft narrow ice covered peninsula on the George V Coast on the west side of the Slava Ice Shelf Antarctica terminating in Cape Hudson It extends for over 30 nautical miles 56 km in a northwesterly direction The peninsula was photographed from the air by U S Navy Operation Highjump 1946 47 and was sketched and photographed by Phillip Law of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions who flew along it to its northern end in February 1959 It was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia for Sir Douglas Mawson 1 Cape Hudson 68 20 S 153 45 E 68 333 S 153 750 E 68 333 153 750 is the north cape of Mawson Peninsula Land was sighted in this area on January 19 1840 by the crew of Lt William L Hudson s USS Peacock during the United States Exploring Expedition 1838 42 under Charles Wilkes who applied the name Cape Hudson An analysis by B P Lambert and P G Law of the USEE chart and of the photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump 1946 47 and ANARE Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions 1959 suggests that the north cape of Mawson Peninsula is Wilkes Cape Hudson 2 Further reading EditUnited States Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center Sailing Directions for Antarctica Includes Islands South of Latitude 60 P 267External links EditMawson Peninsula on USGS website Mawson Peninsula on AADC website Mawson Peninsula on SCAR website Mawson Peninsula area map Mawson Peninsula on marineregions Mawson Peninsula on peakbaggerReferences Edit Mawson Peninsula Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Retrieved 2013 08 30 Stanton William 1975 The Great United States Exploring Expedition Berkeley University of California Press pp 159 ISBN 0520025571 nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from Mawson Peninsula Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey nbsp This Oates Land location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This George V Land location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mawson Peninsula amp oldid 1156838055, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
