Clark Peninsula

Clark Peninsula is a rocky peninsula, about 3 km (2 mi) long and wide, lying 5 km north-east of Australia's Casey Station at the north side of Newcomb Bay on the Budd Coast of Wilkes Land in Antarctica.

History

The peninsula was first mapped from aerial photographs taken by the US Navy's Operation Highjump in February 1947 and thought to be an island connected by a steep snow ramp to the continental ice overlying Budd Coast. The term peninsula was considered more appropriate by the Wilkes Station party of 1957 whose headquarters were on this peninsula. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain John E. Clark, captain of the USS Currituck, seaplane tender and flagship of the western task group of Operation Highjump, Task Force 68, 1946–47.

Antarctic Specially Protected Area

The 9.4 km² peninsula is protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.136 because of the long-term and ongoing research programs and monitoring studies carried out on its plant communities and Adélie penguin breeding colonies. Other birds breeding at the site include south polar skuas, Wilson's storm petrels and snow petrels.^[1]

References

↑ "Clark Peninsula, Budd Coast, Wilkes Land" (PDF). Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 136: Measure 7, Annex. Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. 2009. Retrieved 2013-03-11.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Clark Peninsula" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Antarctic Specially Protected Areas

Queen Elizabeth Land	Davis Valley Forlidas Pond

Queen Maud Land	Dakshin Gangotri Glacier Svarthamaren Mountain Yukidori Valley

Mac. Robertson Land	Murray Monolith Rookery Islands Scullin Monolith Taylor Rookery

Princess Elizabeth Land	Amanda Bay Hawker Island Mount Harding Mule Peninsula

Queen Mary Land	Haswell Island

Wilkes Land	Ardery Island Bailey Peninsula Charlton Island Clark Peninsula Dewart Island Frazier Islands Nelly Island Odbert Island

Adélie Land	Bernard Island Bon Docteur Nunatak Carrel Island Géologie Archipelago Lamarck Island Port Martin Rostand Island

George V Land	Mawson's Huts

Victoria Land	Balham Valley Barwick Valley Canada Glacier Cape Adare Cape Geology Cape Hallett Linnaeus Terrace Mount Melbourne Seabee Hook

Ross Sea	Arrival Heights Backdoor Bay Beaufort Island Cape Crozier Cape Evans Cape Royds Hut Point Peninsula Lewis Bay New College Valley North-west White Island Sabrina Island Tramway Ridge

Palmer Land	Ablation Lake Ablation Point Ablation Point – Ganymede Heights Ablation Valley Erratic Valley Flatiron Valley Ganymede Heights Himalia Ridge Marion Nunataks Mount Martine Mount Monique Moutonnée Lake Striation Valley

Graham Land	Apéndice Island Avian Island Biscoe Point Bransfield Strait Cierva Point Dion Islands Eastern Dallmann Bay Green Island Lagotellerie Island Litchfield Island Midas Island Moss Islands Mount Flora Rothera Point South Bay

South Shetlands	Admiralty Bay Ardley Island Byers Peninsula Cape Shirreff Collins Point Coppermine Peninsula Crater Lake Deception Island Discovery Bay Fildes Peninsula Halfthree Point Harmony Point Kroner Lake Lions Rump Mount Pond Narębski Point Pendulum Cove Port Foster Potter Peninsula Ronald Hill San Telmo Island South East Point Stonethrow Ridge Suffield Point Telefon Bay

South Orkneys	Christoffersen Island Coronation Island Fredriksen Island Grey Island Lynch Island Michelsen Island Moe Island Southern Powell Island

Coordinates: 66°15′S 110°33′E / 66.250°S 110.550°E / -66.250; 110.550

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