Palmer Land (71°30′S 065°00′W) is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica, and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for the northern and southern portions, respectively. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (502x617, 16 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (502x617, 16 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Antarctic Peninsula map Booth Island and Mount Scott flank the narrow Lemaire Channel on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica. ... The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. ... Map of Antarctica Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. ...
This feature is named after Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer, American sealer who explored the Antarctic Peninsula area southward of Deception Island in the Hero in November 1820. Nathaniel Brown Palmer (1799 - 1877) was a seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. ... Deception Island is an island in the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica. ... Hero can refer to: Hero, a person performing an extraordinary and praiseworthy deed H.E.R.O., a 1983 video game Hero (channel), Philippine cartoon station Hero (computer game), created by Brad Miller Hero (novel), by Festus Iyayi HERO (robot), a series of hobby robots formerly sold by Heathkit Hero... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Palmer was the captain of the third vessel, the Hero, to sight the continent of Antarctica, after much larger ships skippered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Edward Bransfield earlier in 1820.
PalmerLand (71°30′S 065°00′W) is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz.
This application of PalmerLand is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica, and the names Graham Land and PalmerLand for the northern and southern portions, respectively.
This feature is named after Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer, American sealer who explored the Antarctic Peninsula area southward of Deception Island in the Hero in November 1820.
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