This page presents the geographical name data for
Martin Peninsula in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Martin Peninsula
Feature Class
(see definition):
Cape
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
9496
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
74° 20' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
114° 30' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-74.3333333
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-114.5
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1955
Description
(see definition):
A peninsula about 60 mi long and 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 Marie Byrd Land. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp in January 1947. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (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.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Martin Peninsula in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Martin Peninsula information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Martin Peninsula should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.