Ground of Micrometer caliper
See also: Micrometer caliper
The ground of Micrometer caliper , () is an area of the Péninsule the Antarctic which is in the south of a line connecting the Cape Jeremy to the Cape Agassiz.
Its name was given to him in the honor of the captain Nathaniel Palmer, navigator and American hunter of seals which explored the zone of the Antarctic peninsula in the south of the island of Disappointment on board the Hero in November 1820.
After some confusion between the names given respectively by the British - Ground of Graham - and the Americans - ground of Micrometer caliper, an agreement was reached in 1964 between British UK-APC and the Advisory Committee one Antarctic Names American, giving the name of Péninsule the Antarctic to the whole of the peninsula, and the names of ground of Graham and ground of Micrometer caliper to its parts north and south.
Relief
The culminating point of the ground of Micrometer caliper is the Mont Ward (2600 m); it dominates the Détroit Georges-V which separates the ground from Micrometer caliper of the island Alexandre-I {{er}}, the largest Antarctic island.
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