Kvinge Peninsula ( 71°10′S 61°10′W / 71.167°S 61.167°W / -71.167; -61.167 ( Kvinge Peninsula ) ) is a snow-covered peninsula at the north side of Palmer Inlet terminating in Cape Bryant, on the east coast of Palmer Land , Antarctica.
31-624: Download coordinates as: The Kvinge Peninsula is on the Black Coast of Palmer Land , beside the Weddell Sea to the east. The Imshaug Peninsula and Lehrke Inlet are to the north. Morency Island and the larger Steele Island are to the northeast. To the south the Kvinge Peninsula is bounded by the Kauffman Glacier, which flows from Singleton Nunatak into Palmer Inlet. Palmer Inlet's mouth
62-665: A volcano erupted under Antarctica's ice sheet (based on airborne survey with radar images). The biggest eruption in the last 10,000 years, the volcanic ash was found deposited on the ice surface under the Hudson Mountains , close to Pine Island Glacier . In 2020, a team reported that emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica were nearly 20% more numerous than previously thought, with new discoveries made using satellite mapping technology. The BAS runs an online polar image collection which includes imagery of scientific research at
93-712: A 900-metre gravel runway. During the Antarctic winter, conditions preclude flying and the aircraft return to Canada. The larger Dash 7 undertakes regular shuttle flights between either Port Stanley Airport on the Falkland Islands , or Punta Arenas in Chile, and Rothera. It also operates to and from the ice runway at the Sky Blu base. The smaller Twin Otters are equipped with skis for landing on snow and ice in remote areas, and operate out of
124-804: A dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues , and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on behalf of the UK. It is part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). With over 400 staff, BAS takes an active role in Antarctic affairs, operating five research stations , one ship and five aircraft in both polar regions, as well as addressing key global and regional issues. This involves joint research projects with over 40 UK universities and more than 120 national and international collaborations. Having taken shape from activities during World War II , it
155-451: Is between Cape Musselman on Foster Peninsula to the south and Cape Bryant to the north on Kvinge Peninsula. To the west, Gain Glacier northeast flows to the sea past Singleton Nunatak and Marshall Peak. It is joined by Murrish Glacier from the left (west), which in turn is joined by Guard Glacier. Features to the west include Neshyba Peak, Stockton Peak and Abendroth Peak. The Kvinge Peninsula
186-511: Is bordered by almost vertical cliffs. Discovered by members of East Base of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named for Robert Palmer, assistant to the meteorologist at the East Base. 71°17′S 61°00′W / 71.283°S 61.000°W / -71.283; -61.000 Cape forming the south side of the entrance to Palmer Inlet. Discovered by members of
217-567: Is ice covered except for its rocky northeast side, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) northwest of the head of Palmer Inlet. This coast was first explored in 1940 by members of the USAS, but the peak was first charted by a joint party consisting of members of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) and Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947. Named by the FIDS for Norman B. Marshall, zoologist at
248-516: The Larsen Ice Shelf , 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southeast of Cape Sharbonneau . The steeply-sloping sides of the island are crevassed, but no rock is exposed. Discovered by members of East Base of the USAS in 1940. Named for Clarence E. Steele, tractor driver for the East Base. 71°00′S 61°32′W / 71.000°S 61.533°W / -71.000; -61.533 . A peak, 1,205 metres (3,953 ft) high, which
279-620: The Antarctic in November 2011. BAS operates five aircraft in support of its research programme in Antarctica . The aircraft used are all made by de Havilland Canada and comprise four Twin Otters and one Dash 7 (as of August 2019). The planes are maintained by Rocky Mountain Aircraft in Springbank , Alberta , Canada . During the Antarctic summer the aircraft are based at the Rothera base , which has
310-584: The BAS are complemented by the capabilities of the Royal Navy 's ice patrol vessel that operates in the same waters. Until 2008 this was HMS Endurance , a Class 1A1 icebreaker . Endurance's two Lynx helicopters enabled BAS staff to get to remote field sites that BAS aircraft could not access. However, a catastrophic flooding accident left Endurance badly damaged, with a replacement only being procured in 2011. This ship, HMS Protector , first deployed to
341-509: The December 30 flight and commanding officer of the East Base. 71°45′S 62°0′W / 71.750°S 62.000°W / -71.750; -62.000 This Palmer Land location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey ( BAS ) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has
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#1732854770872372-410: The East Base of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named for Anthony J.L. Morency, tractor driver for the East Base. 71°00′S 60°40′W / 71.000°S 60.667°W / -71.000; -60.667 . A snow-covered island, 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) long from east to west and 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) wide, rising above
403-632: The FID Scientific Bureau and FIDS Rear Base were combined into a single FIDS London Office, with a Director for the first time responsible for the whole London operation. The BAS operates five permanent research stations in the British Antarctic Territory : Of these Research Stations, only Rothera is staffed throughout the year. Before 2017 Halley was also open year-round. The BAS also operates two permanent bases on South Georgia : Both South Georgia bases are staffed throughout
434-458: The FIDS Hope Bay base in 1945-46. 71°14′S 62°45′W / 71.233°S 62.750°W / -71.233; -62.750 . A small, sharp peak, mostly snow covered, surmounting the north part of a complex ridge 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) east-northeast of Mount Jackson . Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Stephen Neshyba, USARP oceanographer who studied
465-653: The French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, author of several of the expedition reports on zoology and botany. 71°10′S 61°50′W / 71.167°S 61.833°W / -71.167; -61.833 . A ridge in the middle of Gain Glacier. A descriptive name applied by US-ACAN. When viewed from northeastward, the limbs of the ridge are suggestive of a sprawling cat. 71°02′S 61°45′W / 71.033°S 61.750°W / -71.033; -61.750 . A glacier about 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long. It drains east-northeast, to
496-575: The Survey operates one ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough , for support of Arctic and Antarctic research operations, and other logistical work. It replaced RRS James Clark Ross and RRS Ernest Shackleton , which were sold in 2021 and returned to its owners in 2019, respectively. Originally, the Admiralty provided the FIDS with ship support. In 1947 the Survey purchased their first vessel, which
527-406: The USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air from East Base in 1940. Named for Lytton C. Musselman, member of the East Base party which sledged across Dyer Plateau to the vicinity of Mount Jackson , which stands inland from this cape. 71°12′S 60°55′W / 71.200°S 60.917°W / -71.200; -60.917 . High, snow-covered cape forming the north side of
558-549: The bases at Rothera, Fossil Bluff, Halley and Sky Blu. In 1985, the British Antarctic Survey discovered the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica. The finding was made by a team of three BAS scientists: Joe Farman , Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin . Their work was confirmed by satellite data, and was met with worldwide concern. In January 2008, a team of British Antarctic Survey scientists, led by Hugh Corr and David Vaughan , reported that 2,200 years ago,
589-632: The divide between the Murrish Glacier and Gain Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Ernst K. Abendroth, USARP biologist at Palmer Station in 1968. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey . Black Coast Black Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Boggs and Cape Mackintosh . This coast
620-607: The entrance to Palmer Inlet. Discovered by members of East Base of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named by the USAS for Herwil M. Bryant of the Smithsonian Institution , biologist with the East Base party. 71°02′S 61°09′W / 71.033°S 61.150°W / -71.033; -61.150 . An island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) long, lying close west of Steele Island and 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) northwest of Cape Bryant. Discovered by members of
651-544: The head of Kauffman Glacier. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after David G. Singleton, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist who worked in the general vicinity of this feature. 71°15′S 61°10′W / 71.250°S 61.167°W / -71.250; -61.167 . An ice-filled inlet 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long, lying between Cape Bryant and Cape Musselman. Essentially rectangular in shape, it
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#1732854770872682-571: The head of Palmer Inlet. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas A. Kauffman, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist and Station Scientific Leader at Palmer Station in 1973. 71°01′S 61°25′W / 71.017°S 61.417°W / -71.017; -61.417 . A large glacier flowing northeast from Cat Ridge and entering the Weddell Sea between Imshaug Peninsula and Morency Island. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Louis Gain, naturalist on
713-686: The laminar structure of the bottom water in the Antarctic Peninsula area, 1972-73. 71°08′S 62°10′W / 71.133°S 62.167°W / -71.133; -62.167 . A sharp, mostly ice-covered peak along the south side of the upper part of Murrish Glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west-northwest of Cat Ridge. Named by US-ACAN for William L. Stockton, USARP biologist at Palmer Station in 1972. 71°05′S 62°00′W / 71.083°S 62.000°W / -71.083; -62.000 . A peak 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northeast of Stockton Peak on
744-507: The north of Stockton Peak and Abendroth Peak, and merges with the north side of Gain Glacier before the latter enters Weddell Sea opposite Morency Island. Named by US-ACAN for David E. Murrish, USARP biologist, party leader for the study of peripheral vascular control mechanisms in birds in the Antarctic Peninsula region for three seasons, 1972-75. 71°01′S 62°10′W / 71.017°S 62.167°W / -71.017; -62.167 . A broad tributary glacier that drains east along
775-478: The south margin of Parmelee Massif to join Murrish Glacier, on the east side of Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Charles L. Guard, USARP biologist who (with David E. Murrish) made investigations of peripheral vascular control mechanisms in birds in the Antarctic Peninsula region for three seasons, 1972-75. 71°15′S 61°36′W / 71.250°S 61.600°W / -71.250; -61.600 . A nunatak located directly west of
806-568: The time FIDS was renamed the British Antarctic Survey in 1962, 19 stations and three refuges had been established. In 2012 the parent body, NERC , proposed merging the BAS with another NERC institute, National Oceanography Centre in Southampton . This proved controversial, and after the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee opposed the move the plan was dropped. Since April 2018 NERC has been part of UK Research and Innovation. In 1956,
837-596: The year. The headquarters of the BAS are in the university city of Cambridge , on Madingley Road . This facility provides offices, laboratories and workshops to support the scientific and logistic activities in the Antarctic. The BAS also operates the Ny-Ålesund Research Station on behalf of the NERC . This is an Arctic research base located at Ny-Ålesund on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen . As of 2021,
868-436: Was discovered and photographed from the air by members of the East Base of the U.S. Antarctic Service , 1939–41, on a flight of December 30, 1940. The most southerly point reached was Wright Inlet at 74°S, but features as far south as Bowman Peninsula are identifiable in the aerial photographs taken on the flight. Black Coast was named after Commander (later Admiral) Richard B. Black, U.S. Navy Reserve (1902–92), leader of
899-743: Was known as the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey until 1962. Operation Tabarin was a small British expedition in 1943 to establish permanently occupied bases in the Antarctic. It was a joint undertaking by the Admiralty and the Colonial Office . At the end of the war it was renamed the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and full control passed to the Colonial Office. At this time there were four stations, three occupied and one unoccupied. By
930-752: Was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Thor Kvinge , a Norwegian oceanographer from the University of Bergen . Kvinge was a member of the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions , 1968, 1969 and 1970. 71°15′S 61°18′W / 71.250°S 61.300°W / -71.250; -61.300 . Broad, smooth glacier, 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) long, flowing eastward into
961-496: Was named MV John Biscoe, and in 1953 the same ship was granted Royal Research Ship status. Since then the Survey has owned and chartered several vessels. Vessels depart from the United Kingdom in September or October of each year and return to the United Kingdom in the following May or June. Vessels undergo refit and drydock during the Antarctic winter, but are also used elsewhere during this period. The civilian ships operated by