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Noville Peninsula () is a high ice-covered peninsula about long, between
Peale Inlet Thurston Island () is a largely ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long and wide, lying between Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. The island is separated from the mainlan ...
and
Murphy Inlet Thurston Island () is a largely ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long and wide, lying between Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. The island is separated from the mainlan ...
on the north side of
Thurston Island Thurston Island () is a largely ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long and wide, lying between Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. The island is separated from the mainlan ...
, Antarctica.


Location

The Noville Peninsula extends north from the center of the north shore of Thurston Island. Glacier Bight is to its west, and Porters Pinnacles are just offshore to the north. Peale Inlet defines its west side and Murphy Inlet defines its east side.
Mount Hawthorne The Walker Mountains () are a range of peaks and nunataks which are fairly well separated but trend east–west to form the axis, or spine, of Thurston Island in Antarctica. Location The Walker Mountains form the spine of Thurston Island, run ...
in the
Walker Mountains The Walker Mountains () are a range of peaks and nunataks which are fairly well separated but trend east–west to form the axis, or spine, of Thurston Island in Antarctica. Location The Walker Mountains form the spine of Thurston Island, run ...
defines the south end of the peninsula.


Mapping and name

Noville Peninsula was delineated from aerial photographs made by
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
Operation Highjump Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America (exploration b ...
in December 1946. It was named for
George Otto Noville George Otto Noville (April 24, 1890 – January 1, 1963), also known as "Noville" and "Rex," was a pioneer in polar and trans-Atlantic aviation in the 1920s, and winner of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States), Distinguished Flying C ...
, executive officer of the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an United States Navy, American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and e ...
, 1933–35.


Features


Porters Pinnacles

. A group of low ice-covered rocks forming a menace to navigation along the north coast of Thurston Island, located about north of the east extremity of Glacier Bight. Discovered by the United States Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960, and named for Commander Philip W. Porter, Jr., United States Navy, commander of the icebreaker USS Glacier which made this discovery.


Cape LeBlanc

. The ice-covered north extremity of Noville Peninsula, which is also the northernmost point of Thurston Island. Named by United States
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) after Lieutenant Ralph P. LeBlanc, U.S. Navy Reserve, plane commander of the Operation Highjump
PBM Mariner The Martin PBM Mariner is a twin-engine American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. A total of 1,366 PBMs were built ...
seaplane that crashed south of this cape on December 30, 1946. Severely injured, LeBlanc was among six of nine aboard that survived the crash. The survivors were rescued January 12, 1947 by Lieutenant Commander John D. Howell, who landed a PBM in open water off the northwest edge of Noville Peninsula.


Rescue Point

. An ice-covered point forming the west extremity of Noville Peninsula. So named in remembrance of the Mariner seaplane crash on the peninsula during United States Navy
Operation Highjump Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America (exploration b ...
, and that six survivors were rescued near this point on January 12, 1947 (see also Ball Peninsula, Mount Howell).


Mount Palmer

. An ice-covered mountain, visible from seaward, surmounting the north end of Noville Peninsula on Thurston Island. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by United States Navy in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for James Troxall Palmer, acting surgeon on the ship Relief and later on the sloop of war Peacock of the USEE under Wilkes, 1838-42, and later Surgeon-General of the Navy.


Black Crag

. A small steep cliff rock exposure at the northeast end of Noville Peninsula. The feature is just south of small Mulroy Island. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by United States Navy Squadron VX-6 in January 1960. Named by US-ACAN for George H. Black, supply officer of the ByrdAE in 1928-30.


Mount Feury

. A mountain between
Sikorski Glacier The Sikorski Glacier is a small glacier in the north-eastern part of the Noville Peninsula, Thurston Island, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It flows north-east to the Bellingshausen Sea between Mount Palmer and Mount Feury. It was first rough ...
and
Frankenfield Glacier This is a list of glaciers on Thurston Island, an ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long, wide and in area, lying a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It is the third-largest island of Antarctica, after Alex ...
on the northeast side of the Noville Peninsula. First delineated from air photos taken by United States Navy
Noville Peninsula Noville Peninsula () is a high ice-covered peninsula about long, between Peale Inlet and Murphy Inlet on the north side of Thurston Island, Antarctica. Location The Noville Peninsula extends north from the center of the north shore of Thur ...
. Named by US-ACAN for James Feury, mechanic and snowmobile driver of the ByrdAE, 1928-30.


See also

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List of glaciers on Thurston Island This is a list of glaciers on Thurston Island, an ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long, wide and in area, lying a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It is the third-largest island of Antarctica, after Alex ...


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