Gourlay Peninsula

	Gourlay Peninsula
	Geographical location
Coordinates	60 ° 43 ′ 30 ″ S , 45 ° 35 ′ 17 ″ W Coordinates: 60 ° 43 ′ 30 ″ S , 45 ° 35 ′ 17 ″ W
location	Signy Island ( South Orkney Islands )
Waters 1	Weddell Sea
Waters 2	Orwell Bight
width	650 m

The Gourlay Peninsula is a peninsula that forms the southeastern extension of Signy Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is 160 m wide at its base and widens seaward to 650 m. The seaward section is divided into the headlands Pantomime Point , Pageant Point and Gourlay Point .

Participants in the British Discovery Investigations conducted a survey in 1933. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) repeated this in 1947. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the headland of the same name. It is named after Ronald George Gourlay (1900–1987), engineer on the ships RRS Discovery and RRS Discovery II during research voyages from 1925 to 1927, 1929 to 1937 and from 1937 to 1939.

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