Arctowski Peninsula
Arctowski Peninsula | ||
View from Cuverville Island to the Arctowski Peninsula |
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Geographical location | ||
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Coordinates | 64 ° 45 ′ S , 62 ° 25 ′ W | |
location | Danco Coast , Graham Land , Antarctic Peninsula | |
Waters 1 | Andvord Bay | |
Waters 2 | Wilhelmina Bay | |
length | 25 km |
The Arctowski Peninsula is a north-south orientation about 25 km long peninsula on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . On Gerlache Street , it separates Andvord Bay in the south from Wilhelmina Bay in the north. To the west it represents the eastern boundary of the Errera Canal .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery discovered them. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after the Polish Antarctic explorer Henryk Arctowski (1871-1958), a participant in the expedition.
Web links
- Arctowski Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Arctowski Peninsula on geographic.org (English)