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[[File:Canisteo County1.jpg|thumb|Shaded relief map showing the Canisteo Peninsula]] | [[File:Canisteo County1.jpg|thumb|Shaded relief map showing the Canisteo Peninsula]] | ||
The '''Canisteo Peninsula''' ( | The '''Canisteo Peninsula''' (73°48′S 102°20′W) is an [[ice]]-covered peninsula, about 30 miles (50 km) long and 20 miles (30 km) wide, which projects between Ferrero Bay and [[Cranton Bay]] into the eastern extremity of the [[Amundsen Sea]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
It was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946, and named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] Names for the USS ''Canisteo'', a tanker with the eastern task group of this expedition. | It was delineated from air photos taken by [[U.S. Navy]] Operation Highjump in December 1946, and named by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] Names for the USS ''Canisteo'', a tanker with the eastern task group of this expedition. | ||
===Count of Canisteo=== | ===Count of Canisteo=== | ||