Ferguslie Peninsula
| Ferguslie Peninsula | ||
 Ferguslie Peninsula on a sketch map of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition from 1903 |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 41 ′ 34 ″ S , 44 ° 34 ′ 29 ″ W | |
| location | Laurie Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Waters 1 | Browns Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Macdougal Bay | |
| length | 2.5 km | |
| width | 1.5 km | |
 Photo of Cape Geddes in the north of the peninsula (with chinstrap penguins , March 1962) |
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The Ferguslie Peninsula is a 2.5 km long peninsula on the north coast of Laurie Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It lies between Browns Bay and Macdougal Bay . The Cape Geddes forms its northern end. To the north-north-west are the Rudmose Rocks , a group of small rock islands, around 800 meters away .
Participants of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904) mapped the peninsula in 1903. Expedition leader William Speirs Bruce named it after the residence of his financier James Coats Jr. in Paisley, Scotland .
Web links
- Ferguslie Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ferguslie Peninsula on geographic.org (English)