Kemp Peninsula

Kemp Peninsula

Kemp Peninsula (coord|73|8|S|60|15|W|) is an irregular ice-covered peninsula 26 miles long in a north-south direction and 5 to 12 miles wide. The peninsula rises gently to 305 m and projects east between the heads of Mason Inlet and Mossman Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. It was first seen from the air in December 1940 by members of the US Antarctic Service (USAS), who at that time photographed all but its north extremity. During 1947 it was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted it from the ground.

Kemp Peninsula was named by the FIDS for Stanley W. Kemp, British marine biologist and oceanographer, first Director of Research of the Discovery Investigations, 1924-36, and Director of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, 1936-45.


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