Barton Peninsula
| Barton Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 13 '36 " S , 58 ° 44' 29" W | |
| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters 1 | Maxwell Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Marian Cove | |
| Waters 3 | Potter Cove | |
The Barton Peninsula is a small peninsula on the southwest end of King George Island in the South Shetland archipelago . It separates the Marian Cove from the Potter Cove .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1963 after the British geologist Colin Munroe Barton (* 1934), who worked for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey on King George Island from 1951 to 1961 .
Web links
- Barton Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Barton Peninsula on geographic.org (English)