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Cape Jones
Daniell Peninsula () is the large peninsula between Cape Daniell and Cape Jones on the coast of Victoria Land. It is partly separated from the Victory Mountains by Whitehall Glacier, which is afloat in its lower reaches, but is joined to these mountains by the higher land in the vicinity of Mount Prior. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, after Cape Daniell, and by analogy with the Adare Peninsula, Adare and Hallett Peninsula, Hallett peninsulas. Geology The peninsula is an elongated basalt dome similar to the Adare and Hallett peninsulas. It consists of at least four overlapping shield volcanoes that form part of the Hallett Volcanic Province of the McMurdo Volcanic Group. Mount Brewster (Antarctica), Mount Brewster forms the central portion of the Daniell Peninsula and rises to an elevation of , forming the highest point on the peninsula. K–Ar dating, K–Ar or Rubidium–strontium dating, Rb–Sr dating has given an age of 12.4 ± ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Daniell
Daniell Peninsula () is the large peninsula between Cape Daniell and Cape Jones on the coast of Victoria Land. It is partly separated from the Victory Mountains by Whitehall Glacier, which is afloat in its lower reaches, but is joined to these mountains by the higher land in the vicinity of Mount Prior. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, after Cape Daniell, and by analogy with the Adare Peninsula, Adare and Hallett Peninsula, Hallett peninsulas. Geology The peninsula is an elongated basalt dome similar to the Adare and Hallett peninsulas. It consists of at least four overlapping shield volcanoes that form part of the Hallett Volcanic Province of the McMurdo Volcanic Group. Mount Brewster (Antarctica), Mount Brewster forms the central portion of the Daniell Peninsula and rises to an elevation of , forming the highest point on the peninsula. K–Ar dating, K–Ar or Rubidium–strontium dating, Rb–Sr dating has given an age of 12.4 ± ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |