Kearns Peninsula

Coordinates: 72°3′S 99°13′W / 72.050°S 99.217°W / -72.050; -99.217
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Map of Thurston Island.
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Kearns Peninsula (72°3′S 99°13′W / 72.050°S 99.217°W / -72.050; -99.217) is a broad ice-covered peninsula between Potaka Inlet and Peale Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Lieutenant William H. Kearns, U.S. Navy Reserve, co-pilot of the Operation Highjump PBM Mariner seaplane that crashed on adjacent Noville Peninsula, December 30, 1946. Kearns and five other survivors were rescued on January 12, 1947.[1]

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References

  1. ^ "Kearns Peninsula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-04-16.

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