Barff Peninsula
| Barff Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 18 ′ 59 ″ S , 36 ° 18 ′ 31 ″ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters 1 | Cumberland East Bay | |
| Waters 2 | South Atlantic | |
The Barff Peninsula is a peninsula in northern South Georgia . It forms the eastern edge of Cumberland East Bay and extends from the Sörling Valley in a north-westerly direction to Barff Point .
It was probably discovered by the British navigator James Cook , who sailed the waters around South Georgia on his second South Sea voyage in 1775. The name of the peninsula is derived from the same point of land whose namesake Lieutenant Arthur Douglas Barff (1877-1955) of the Royal Navy , the 1,906 aboard the HMS Sappho surveying the Cumberland Bay under the direction of Carl Anton Larsen was involved .
Web links
- Barff Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Barff Peninsula on geographic.org (English)