Arrowsmith Peninsula
| Arrowsmith Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 15 ′ S , 67 ° 15 ′ W |
| location | Loubet Coast , Graham Land , Antarctica |
| Waters 1 | Cole Channel and Hanusse Bay |
| Waters 2 | Lallemand Fjord and Bigourdan Fjord |
| length | 65 km |
The Arrowsmith Peninsula is an approximately 65 km long peninsula on the southern part of the Loubet coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located west of the Forel Glacier and the Sharp Glacier . The southern coast of the peninsula forms the northern limit of Marguerite Bay .
The area was surveyed between 1955 and 1958 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . The peninsula is named after Edwin Porter Arrowsmith (1909–1992), Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1957 to 1964.
Web links
- Arrowsmith Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Arrowsmith Peninsula on geographic.org (English)