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Feature Name (see definition): Booth Peninsula Feature Class (see definition): Cape Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 1655 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 66° 06' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 101° 13' 00" E Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.1 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 101.2166667 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1956 Description (see definition): Rocky peninsula, 4 mi long and 1 mi wide, which projects W from the coast 3 mi SW of Remenchus Glacier. Mapped from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp, 1946-47, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for George H. Booth, air crewman on the U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp seaplane commanded by D.E. Bunger which landed in this area and obtained aerial and ground photographs of this ice-free region. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Booth Peninsula in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Booth Peninsula information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Booth Peninsula should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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