Jetty Peninsula
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Jetty Peninsula is an elongated, steep-sided, almost flat-topped peninsula
that extends northward from just east of Beaver Lake
for about 30 miles into the Amery Ice Shelf
. Discovered from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1956. Named by ANCA for its resemblance to a jetty
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Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
that extends northward from just east of Beaver Lake
Beaver Lake (Antarctica)
Beaver Lake is a lake of smooth ice, 7 mi long and 5 mi wide, enclosed on the south and east by Flagstone Bench and Jetty Peninsula. The lake is situated at the south end of an area of rough ice , 17 mi ESE of Aramis Range, Prince Charles Mountains. Discovered by Australian National Antarctic...
for about 30 miles into the Amery Ice Shelf
Amery Ice Shelf
The Amery Ice Shelf is a broad ice shelf in Antarctica at the head of Prydz Bay between the Lars Christensen Coast and Ingrid Christensen Coast. It is part of Mac. Robertson Land. The name "Cape Amery" was applied to a coastal angle mapped on February 11, 1931 by the British Australian New Zealand...
. Discovered from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) aircraft in 1956. Named by ANCA for its resemblance to a jetty
Jetty
A jetty is any of a variety of structures used in river, dock, and maritime works that are generally carried out in pairs from river banks, or in continuation of river channels at their outlets into deep water; or out into docks, and outside their entrances; or for forming basins along the...
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