Condor Peninsula
Peninsula located in Antarctica
Condor Peninsula (71°46′S 61°30′W) is a mountainous, ice-covered peninsula, 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) long and 10 to 15 nautical miles (19 to 28 km; 12 to 17 mi) wide, between Odom Inlet and Hilton Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.
Location
The Condor Peninsula is on the Black Coast of Palmer Land, beside the Weddell Sea to the east.
It is north of Hilton Inlet and south of Odom Inlet.
To the southwest it is bounded by Kellogg Glacier, a left tributary of Gruening Glacier, which flows into Hilton Inlet.
On the north it is bounded by Rankin Glacier, which joins Cline Glacier from the right and flows into Odom Inlet.
Features, from west to east, include Boyer Spur, Angle Peak, Mount Showers, Cape MacDonald, Cadle Monolith and Cape Knowles.
Features to the northwest include Kamenev Nunatak, Mount Whiting, the Schirmacher Massif and Mount Geier.
Discovery and name
The Condor Peninsula was first observed and photographed from the air in the course of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) "Condor" flight of December 30, 1940 from the East Base with Black, Snow, Perce, Carroll and Dyer aboard.
It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after the twin-motored Curtiss-Wright Condor biplane in which personnel of USAS, 1939–41, made numerous photographic flights and flights of discovery over the Antarctic Peninsula, George VI Sound, Alexander Island, Charcot Island and the Bellingshausen Sea between latitudes 67°30′S and 74°0′S.
The peninsula was mapped in detail by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974.
Features
Angle Peak
71°45′S 62°03′W.
A small but dominant peak that rises from one of the main spurs on the north side of Condor Peninsula.
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