[1] Download coordinates as: The Kemp Peninsula is on the Lassiter Coast of southern Palmer Land, beside the Weddell Sea to the east.
[2][3] Kemp Peninsula was first seen from the air in December 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), who at that time photographed all but its northern extremity.
During 1947 it was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted it from the ground.
A glacier 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) wide, which flows east to enter Mason Inlet.
A low, ice-covered cape forming the north tip of Kemp Peninsula and the east entrance point to Mason Inlet.
Named by the FIDS after Neil A. Mackintosh (1900–74), British marine biologist, oceanographer, and authority on Antarctic whales; member of DI scientific staff from 1924 and Chief Scientific Officer, 1929–49; Deputy Director, National Institute of Oceanography (now Institute of Oceanographic Sciences), 1949-61.
Probably first seen by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) who photographed a portion of Kemp Peninsula while exploring this coast from the air in December 1940.
Deacon (1906–84), English oceanographer and member of the Discovery Investigations staff, 1927–39; Director of the National Institute of Oceanography, 1949-71.
The feature was photographed from the air by the USAS in December 1940, surveyed by the joint RARE-FIDS sledge party in November 1947 and rephotographed by the United States Navy, 1965-67.
Narrow ice-filled inlet which recedes north 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) between Cape Kidson and the southwest end of Kemp Peninsula.
[11] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.