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Whittle Peninsula
Whittle
Peninsula
is a
peninsula
, 5
nautical miles
long, terminating in
Cape Kater
and
Radibosh Point
to
the north
, and forming
the west
limit of
Charcot Bay
on
Davis Coast
,
Graham Land
. Surveyed by the
Swedish Antarctic Expedition
in
December 1902
. Named in
1977
by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
after
Sir Frank Whittle
,
Air Commodore
,
RAF
, British pioneer of
gas turbines
for
jet propulsion
of aircraft from
1937
.