Gourdon Peninsula
| Gourdon Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 63 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| location | Anvers Island ( Palmer Archipelago ) | |
| Waters 1 | Lapeyrère Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Patagonia Bay | |
| length | 10 km | |
The Gourdon Peninsula is a 10 km long and snow-covered peninsula that forms the southeastern side of Lapeyrère Bay in the northeast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago .
Jean-Baptiste Charcot explored the northeast coast of Anvers Island on the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905). He gave a headland between Lapeyrère Bay and Fournier Bay the name Pointe Gourdon after the French Vice-Admiral Palma Firmin Christian Gourdon (1843-1913). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee transferred the designation to the peninsula in 1956, which is identical to the headland identified by Charcot.
Web links
- Gourdon Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gourdon Peninsula on geographic.org (English)