Greene Peninsula
| Greene Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 20 '47 " S , 36 ° 26' 18" W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters 1 | Moraine Fjord | |
| Waters 2 | Cumberland East Bay | |
The Greene Peninsula is a mountainous peninsula on the north coast of South Georgia . It separates the Moraine Fjord from the Cumberland East Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1979 after the British bryologist Stanley Wilson Greene (1928-1989), who worked in South Georgia from 1960 and worked for the British Antarctic Survey from 1969 to 1979 .
Web links
- Greene Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Greene Peninsula on geographic.org (English)