Briggs Peninsula
| Briggs Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 31 '59 " S , 63 ° 1' 59" W | |
| location | Anvers Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Waters 1 | Inverleith Harbor | |
| Waters 2 | Fournier Bay | |
The Briggs Peninsula is a small peninsula in the northeast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It separates Inverleith Harbor in the east from Fournier Bay in the west.
The northeastern extension of the peninsula was mapped in 1927 by participants in the British Discovery Investigations . They named it Briggs Point after the seaman Alfred Charles Briggs (1905–1988), a member of the geodetic team on this expedition. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee changed the name in 1959 after evaluating aerial photographs in order to better reflect the nature of the object.
Web links
- Briggs Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Briggs Peninsula on geographic.org (English)