Mawson Peninsula
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Mawson Peninsula () is a high (455 m), narrow, ice-covered peninsula on the George V Coast, on the west side of Slava Ice Shelf. It extends over 30 miles in a northwesterly direction. Photographed from the air by USN Operation Highjump, 1946-47. Phillip Law of ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) flew along the peninsula to its northern end in February 1959 and sketched and photographed it. It was named by ANCA for Sir Douglas Mawson.
Cape Hudson () is the north cape of Mawson Peninsula. Land was sighted in this area on January 19, 1840, by Lt. William L. Hudson in the USS Peacock of the United States Exploring Expedition (1838-42) under Charles Wilkes, who applied the name Cape Hudson. An analysis by B.P. Lambert and P.G. Law of the USEE chart, and of the photographs taken by USN Operation Highjump (1946-47) and ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) (1959), suggests that the north cape of Mawson Peninsula is Wilkes' Cape Hudson.
This article incorporates text from Mawson Peninsula, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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