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It was named by US-ACAN after Col. Lawrence Martin, USA (Ret.), American geographer and authority on Antarctic exploration with the Library of Congress; member of US-SCAN, 1943-46. | It was named by US-ACAN after Col. Lawrence Martin, USA (Ret.), American geographer and authority on Antarctic exploration with the Library of Congress; member of US-SCAN, 1943-46. | ||
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* [[Smythe Shoulder]] | |||
* [[Coyer Point]] | |||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||
Revision as of 06:33, 25 January 2019
The Martin Peninsula (74°20′S 114°30′W) is a peninsula about 96 km (60) mi long and 32 km (20 mi) wide that is ice covered except for a few rock outcrops along its margins, located between Getz Ice Shelf and Dotson Ice Shelf on the coast of Westarctica. The farthest point of the peninsula is Jacobsen Head.
It significantly dwarfs the nearby Spaulding Peninsula.
Discovery and name
Martin Peninsula was delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump in January 1947.
It was named by US-ACAN after Col. Lawrence Martin, USA (Ret.), American geographer and authority on Antarctic exploration with the Library of Congress; member of US-SCAN, 1943-46.