Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula
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Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula (68°35′S 63°50′W), an ice-covered spur from the main mountain mass of the Antarctic Peninsula
, projects over 40 miles in a northeast arc from its base between Mobiloil Inlet
and Casey Inlet
. It was discovered and partially photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth
on his 1935 trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island
to the Ross Sea
, and later photographed from the air and charted from the ground by the US Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940.
It was named for Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, pilot on Ellsworth's flight in 1935, whose demonstration of the practicability of landing and taking off an airplane in isolated areas constitutes a distinct contribution to the technique of Antarctic exploration.
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
, projects over 40 miles in a northeast arc from its base between Mobiloil Inlet
Mobiloil Inlet
Mobiloil Inlet is an ice-filled inlet, nurtured by several northeast and east flowing glaciers, lying between Rock Pile Peaks and Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula along the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins in a flight on December 20, 1928, and named by him after a...
and Casey Inlet
Casey Inlet
Casey Inlet is an ice-filled inlet at the terminus of Casey Glacier, between Miller Point and Cape Walcott, on the east coast of Palmer Land. It was photographed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1928, Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935 and the United States Antarctic Service in 1940. It was surveyed...
. It was discovered and partially photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth was an arctic explorer from the United States.-Birth:He was born on May 12, 1880 to James Ellsworth and Eva Frances Butler in Chicago, Illinois...
on his 1935 trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island
Dundee Island
Dundee Island is an ice-covered island lying east of the northeastern tip of Antarctic Peninsula and south of Joinville Island.On January 8, 1893, during the Dundee Whaling Expedition, the island was named by Captain Thomas Robertson of the Active and named for the home port, Dundee, Scotland,...
to the Ross Sea
Ross Sea
The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land.-Description:The Ross Sea was discovered by James Ross in 1841. In the west of the Ross Sea is Ross Island with the Mt. Erebus volcano, in the east Roosevelt Island. The southern part is covered...
, and later photographed from the air and charted from the ground by the US Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940.
It was named for Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, pilot on Ellsworth's flight in 1935, whose demonstration of the practicability of landing and taking off an airplane in isolated areas constitutes a distinct contribution to the technique of Antarctic exploration.