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13-656: Download coordinates as: The Carey Range is in south-central Palmer Land . The Wegener Range is to the north and the Dana Mountains to the south. It is bounded by the Fenton Glacier to the northeast and the Mosby Glacier to the southwest. Features include the Sverdrup Nunataks to the north and Mount Adkins in the south. The Journal Peaks are to the west. The Carey Range was mapped by

26-600: A peninsula. The mountains of Graham Land are the last range of the American Cordillera , the almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges forming the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America and the Antarctic Peninsula . Argentina calls the area Tierra de San Martín (Land of San Martin) and also calls the northern peninsula ( Trinity Peninsula ) Península Trinidad or Tierra de la Trinidad . Similarly, Chile calls

39-599: Is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula that lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz . This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names , in which the name "Antarctic Peninsula" was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica , and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for

52-589: Is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula , Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz . This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names and the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee , in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica, and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for

65-582: The Chilean Antarctic Territory ). Graham Land is the closest part of Antarctica to South America. Thus it is the usual destination for small ships taking paying visitors on Antarctic trips from South America . (Larger ships are not allowed to disembark passengers.) Until the discoveries of the British Graham Land Expedition of 1934–1937, it was generally supposed to be an archipelago rather than

78-804: The United States Geological Survey (USGS) from United States Navy aerial photographs, 1966–69. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, it was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US.ACAN) after Samuel W. Carey , Australian geologist and Professor of Geology at the University of Tasmania , 1946–1970. 72°45′S 63°15′W  /  72.750°S 63.250°W  / -72.750; -63.250 . A line of peaks trending WNW-ESE and rising to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) high in

91-685: The Antarctic Journal of the United States, established 1966, a publication of the Division of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation , reporting on the U.S. Antarctic Research Program and related activities. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey . Palmer Land Palmer Land ( 71°30′S 065°00′W  /  71.500°S 65.000°W  / -71.500; -65.000 )

104-603: The International Committee for the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949-52. 73°03′S 62°02′W  /  73.050°S 62.033°W  / -73.050; -62.033 . Mountain surmounting the north flank of Mosby Glacier just west of the mouth of Fenton Glacier. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas Adkins, cook with

117-601: The Palmer Station winter party in 1965. 72°41′S 64°55′W  /  72.683°S 64.917°W  / -72.683; -64.917 . Two groups of separated peaks and nunataks which trend east–west for about 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi). They rise 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) southeast of the Seward Mountains in central Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS from United States Navy aerial photography, 1966-69. Named by US-ACAN after

130-569: The base of Cetus Hill . This feature is named after Nathaniel Palmer , an American sealer who explored the Antarctic Peninsula area southward of Deception Island in the sloop Hero in November 1820. This Palmer Land location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Graham Land 66°00′S 63°30′W  /  66.000°S 63.500°W  / -66.000; -63.500 Graham Land

143-550: The northern and southern portions, respectively. The line dividing them is roughly 69 degrees south. Graham Land is named after Sir James R. G. Graham , First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of John Biscoe 's exploration of the west side of Graham Land in 1832. It is claimed by Argentina (as part of Argentine Antarctica ), Britain (as part of the British Antarctic Territory ) and Chile (as part of

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156-476: The northern and southern portions, respectively. The line dividing them is roughly 69° S. In its southern extreme, the Antarctic Peninsula stretches west, with Palmer Land eventually bordering Ellsworth Land along the 80° W line of longitude. Palmer Land is bounded in the south by the ice-covered Carlson Inlet , an arm of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf , which crosses the 80° W line. This is

169-647: The northwest part of Carey Range, near the edge of the interior plateau in southeast Palmer Land. Mapped by the USGS from aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy, 1966-69. In association with the names of Antarctic oceanographers grouped in this area, named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after Harald U. Sverdrup (1888-1957), Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist; Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1936-48; Director, Norsk Polarinstitutt, 1948-57, and Chairman of

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