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8-526: Jason Peninsula ( 66°10′S 61°0′W  /  66.167°S 61.000°W  / -66.167; -61.000 ) is a large peninsula on the east coast of Graham Land comprising several mainly snow-covered summits. It rises above the Larsen Ice Shelf and extends from the narrow neck of land east of Medea Dome for 42 nautical miles (78 km), terminating in Cape Framnes . This feature

16-600: 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

24-599: 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

32-582: 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

40-427: The entire Antarctic Peninsula Tierra de O'Higgins (Land of O'Higgins). The interior of Graham Land is occupied by a series of plateaus, namely (north to south) Laclavère Plateau , Louis Philippe Plateau , Detroit Plateau , Herbert Plateau , Foster Plateau , Forbidden Plateau , Bruce Plateau , Avery Plateau and Hemimont Plateau . Bernardo O%27Higgins Too Many Requests If you report this error to

48-550: 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

56-547: Was first seen from seaward on December 1, 1893, by Carl Anton Larsen , who named one of the high peaks "Mount Jason" after his ship, the Jason . Larsen was too distant to map the area in detail, but in 1902 the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Otto Nordenskiöld observed the area from Borchgrevink Nunatak and reported the peaks seen by Larsen to be separated from the mainland. The name "Jason Island"

64-563: Was subsequently used for Larsen's discovery, but in 1955 the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey determined this feature to be a large peninsula. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from "Jason Peninsula" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . This Oscar II Coast location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Graham Land Graham Land

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