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Eielson Peninsula (70°35′S 61°45′W) is a rugged, mainly snow-covered peninsula, 37 kilometres (20 nmi) long in an east–west direction and averaging 19 kilometres (10 nmi) wide, lying between Smith Inlet and Lehrke Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. The rocky north wall of this peninsula is probably the feature which, on his flight of December 20, 1928, Sir Hubert Wilkins sighted and named "Cape Eielson" from a position above Stefansson Strait (Wilkins gave the name to the farthest south rock outcrop seen from this position). This rock wall is conspicuous in the aerial photographs of the peninsula taken by members of the United States Antarctic Service in 1940 from an aerial position at the north side of Stefansson Strait. The peninsula is named for Carl B. Eielson, the pilot on Wilkins' flight of 1928.[1]
See also
- Elder Bluff
References
- "Eielson Peninsula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
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[de] Eielson-Halbinsel
Die Eielson-Halbinsel ist eine etwa 35 km lange, 16 km breite, schroffe und hauptsächlich verschneite Halbinsel an der Ostküste des Palmerlands auf der Antarktischen Halbinsel. Sie trennt das Smith Inlet im Norden vom Lehrke Inlet im Süden. Das Kap Boggs als ihr östlicher Ausläufer bildet die Grenzmarke zwischen der nördlich liegenden Wilkins-Küste und der Black-Küste im Süden.- [en] Eielson Peninsula
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