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King Peninsula (72°12′S 100°15′W) is an ice-covered peninsula, 100 nautical miles (200 km) long and 20 nautical miles (40 km) wide, lying south of Thurston Island and forming the south side of Peacock Sound, Antarctica. It projects from the continental ice sheet and trends west between the Abbot Ice Shelf and Cosgrove Ice Shelf to terminate at the Amundsen Sea. The feature was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy Operation HIGHJUMP, 1946–47, and was plotted from these photos as a long island, or possible peninsula. Photos taken by the U.S. Navy in 1966 show it is a peninsula,[1] ⁣but the U.S. Board on Geographic Names published its list of names that same year and designated the area as an island.[2]

King Peninsula was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations from 1942 to 1945, who approved the preliminary work for Operation HIGHJUMP.[1]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "King Peninsula". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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[de] King-Halbinsel

Die King-Halbinsel ist eine 160 km lange, 30 km breite und vereiste Halbinsel an der Grenze zwischen Walgreen- und Eights-Küste des ostantarktischen Ellsworthlands. Sie liegt südlich der Thurston-Insel und trennt das Abbot-Schelfeis im Peacock-Sund vom Cosgrove-Schelfeis in der Ferrero Bay.

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