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Feature Name (see definition): Hughes Peninsula Feature Class (see definition): Cape Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 7130 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 54' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 100° 17' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.9 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -100.2833333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1960 Description (see definition): Ice-covered peninsula about 18 mi long, lying W of Henry Inlet on the N side of Thurston Island. Plotted from air photos taken by U.S. Navy (USN) OpHjp in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Jerry Hughes, photographer's mate with the U.S. Navy (USN) Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960, who took aerial photographs of Thurston Island from helicopters. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Hughes 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 Hughes Peninsula information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Hughes Peninsula should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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