Walsh Knob

Map of Thurston Island.

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Walsh Knob (72°13′S 96°3′W / 72.217°S 96.050°W / -72.217; -96.050Coordinates: 72°13′S 96°3′W / 72.217°S 96.050°W / -72.217; -96.050) is a small but distinctive ice-covered elevation that rises midway along the south side of Lofgren Peninsula in east Thurston Island. The feature has a rounded appearance except for a cliff at the south side. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after R.W. Walsh, Photographer's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946–47

Maps

Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

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