# Condor Peninsula > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Condor_Peninsula > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Condor_Peninsula.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_Peninsula > Source revision: 1221270525 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Peninsula located in Antarctica}} {{Infobox peninsula | name = Condor Peninsula | image_name = | image_caption = | map = Antarctica | map_caption = Location in Antarctica | nickname = | location = [Palmer Land](/source/Palmer_Land), Antarctica | coordinates = {{Coord|71|46|S|61|30|W|source:GNIS|name=Condor Peninsula|display=it}} | area_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = }} '''Condor Peninsula''' ({{Coord|71|46|S|61|30|W|source:GNIS|name=Condor Peninsula}}) is a mountainous, ice-covered peninsula, {{convert|30|nmi}} long and {{convert|10|to|15|nmi}} wide, between [Odom Inlet](/source/Odom_Inlet) and [Hilton Inlet](/source/Hilton_Inlet) on the east coast of [Palmer Land](/source/Palmer_Land), Antarctica.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=148}} {{TOC limit|2}} ==Location== {{geogroup}} thumb|Northern Palmer Land. Condor Peninsula in southeast of map The Condor Peninsula is on the [Black Coast](/source/Black_Coast) of [Palmer Land](/source/Palmer_Land), beside the [Weddell Sea](/source/Weddell_Sea) to the east. It is north of [Hilton Inlet](/source/Hilton_Inlet) and south of [Odom Inlet](/source/Odom_Inlet). To the southwest it is bounded by [Kellogg Glacier](/source/Kellogg_Glacier), a left tributary of [Gruening Glacier](/source/Gruening_Glacier), which flows into Hilton Inlet. On the north it is bounded by [Rankin Glacier](/source/Rankin_Glacier), which joins [Cline Glacier](/source/Cline_Glacier) from the right and flows into Odom Inlet. Features, from west to east, include [Boyer Spur](/source/Boyer_Spur), Angle Peak, Mount Showers, [Cape MacDonald](/source/Cape_MacDonald), Cadle Monolith and [Cape Knowles](/source/Cape_Knowles). Features to the northwest include Kamenev Nunatak, Mount Whiting, the Schirmacher Massif and Mount Geier.{{sfn|Palmer Land USGS}} ==Discovery and name== The Condor Peninsula was first observed and photographed from the air in the course of the [United States Antarctic Service](/source/United_States_Antarctic_Service) (USAS) "Condor" flight of December 30, 1940 from the East Base with Black, Snow, Perce, Carroll and Dyer aboard. It was named by the United States [Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names](/source/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names) after the twin-motored [Curtiss-Wright Condor](/source/Curtiss-Wright_Condor) biplane in which personnel of USAS, 1939–41, made numerous photographic flights and flights of discovery over the [Antarctic Peninsula](/source/Antarctic_Peninsula), [George VI Sound](/source/George_VI_Sound), [Alexander Island](/source/Alexander_Island), [Charcot Island](/source/Charcot_Island) and the [Bellingshausen Sea](/source/Bellingshausen_Sea) between latitudes 67°30′S and 74°0′S. The peninsula was mapped in detail by the [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) (USGS) in 1974.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=148}} == Features == ===Angle Peak=== {{coord|71|45|S|62|03|W}}. A small but dominant peak that rises from one of the main spurs on the north side of Condor Peninsula. The feature stands close south of where [Cline Glacier](/source/Cline_Glacier) enters [Odom Inlet](/source/Odom_Inlet). Mapped by the USGS in 1974. Named by the United States [Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names](/source/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names) (US-ACAN) for J. Phillip Angle, of the [Smithsonian Institution](/source/Smithsonian_Institution), who made bird life observations off the west coast of South America (1965) and Antarctic areas southward to [Marguerite Bay](/source/Marguerite_Bay), Antarctic Peninsula (1966). He collaborated with George E. Watson in writing ''Birds of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic'', 1975.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=}} ===Mount Showers=== {{coord|71|45|S|61|28|W}}. A mountain rising above the Condor Peninsula, {{convert|13|nmi}} southwest of Cape MacDonald, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by the USGS in 1974. Named by the US-ACAN for William Showers, USARP biologist at Palmer Station in 1975.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=673}} ===Cadle Monolith=== {{coord|71|40|S|60|58|W}}. A conspicuous, somewhat isolated, bare rock monolith or headland, standing at the east end of Condor Peninsula, {{convert|9|nmi}} southeast of Cape MacDonald, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by the USGS in 1974. Named by the US-ACAN for Gary L. Cadle, CE2, United States Navy, electrician at Palmer Station in 1973.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=111}} ===Cape Hattersley-Smith=== {{coord|71|51|S|61|04|W}}. A cape marked by a triangular rock peak at the southeast end of Condor Peninsula, {{convert|5|nmi}} southwest of Cape Knowles. The cape was photographed from the air by the USAS on December 30, 1940. It was surveyed by the FIDS-RARE ([Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey)–[Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition](/source/Ronne_Antarctic_Research_Expedition)) party from Stonington Island in November 1947 and was rephotographed by the United States Navy in 1966.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=318}} It was named by US-ACAN in 1984 after [Geoffrey Francis Hattersley-Smith](/source/Geoffrey_Francis_Hattersley-Smith), with [British Antarctic Survey](/source/British_Antarctic_Survey) (BAS) from 1973 (Secretary, [UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/UK_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) (UK-APC), 1975-91); FIDS Base Leader and glaciologist, Admiralty Bay, 1948-49; with Defense Research Board, Canada, 1951-73 (field research in the Arctic); author of ''The History of Place-names in the Falkland Islands Dependencies (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)'', [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge), 1980, and ''The History of Place-names in the British Antarctic Territory'', Cambridge, 1991.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=318}} ==Northwest features== ===Kamenev Nunatak=== {{coord|71|41|S|63|00|W}}. A ridge-like nunatak located inland from Odom Inlet and {{convert|7|nmi}} west of Mount Whiting. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Yevgeniy N. Kamenev, Soviet geologist who was an Exchange Scientist to the United States McMurdo Station in 1972. He participated as a member of the USGS geological and mapping party to the Lassiter Coast in 1972-73.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=381}} ===Mount Whiting=== {{coord|71|40|S|62|37|W}}. A pyramidal mountain, largely ice free and steep cliffed on the south side, standing at the southwest side of Rankin Glacier. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for topographic engineer Ronald F. Whiting, a member of the USGS geological and mapping party to the'Lassiter Coast area, 1970-71.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=810}} ===Schirmacher Massif=== {{coord|71|37|S|62|20|W}}. An island-like mountain massif in the east part of Palmer Land. The feature is surrounded by the flow of the Rankin Glacier and Cline Glacier, {{convert|3|nmi}} west of [Rowley Massif](/source/Rowley_Massif). Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Eberhard G. Schirmacher, topographic engineer, leader of the USGS topographic party on two expeditions to the Lassiter Coast, 1969-70 and 1970-71. He was USGS party leader to Pine Island Bay, 1974-75.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=653}} ===Mount Geier=== {{coord|71|34|S|62|25|W}}. The dominant, largely snow-covered peak in the north part of Schirmacher Massif. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Frederick J. Geier, topographic engineer with the USGS geological and mapping party to Lassiter Coast, 1969-70.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=272}} ===Waitt Peaks=== {{coord|71|29|S|62|34|W}}. A cluster of pointed peaks, mostly snow covered, at the southwest end of a large horseshoe-shaped ridge. Located {{convert|4|nmi}} northwest of Schirmacher Massif. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for geologist Richard B. Waitt, a member of the USGS geological and mapping party to the Lassiter Coast, 1972-73.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=791}} ==References== {{Reflist|25em}} ==Sources== {{refbegin}} *{{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}} {{Include-USGov |agency=United States Board on Geographic Names}} *{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palmer_Land_North_USGS_Sketch.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-25 |title=Palmer Land |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref={{harvid|Palmer Land USGS}} }} {{refend}} {{Include-USGov |agency=United States Geological Survey}} Category:Peninsulas of Palmer Land --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Condor Peninsula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_Peninsula) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_Peninsula?action=history)). 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