Byers Peninsula
| Byers Peninsula | ||
 Map of the Byers Peninsula |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 37 '59 " S , 61 ° 3' 58" W | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands , Antarctica | |
| Waters 1 | Barclay Bay | |
| Waters 2 | New Plymouth | |
The Byers Peninsula is a mainly unrefined peninsula that represents the western end of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It separates Barclay Bay from New Plymouth Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after James Byers, a US ship owner who had tried unsuccessfully to persuade the US government to annex the South Shetland Islands in 1820 . Byers' sealer fleet operated there between 1820 and 1821.
Web links
- Byers Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Byers Peninsula on geographic.org (English)
- Byers Peninsula (GBR) in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica