Hallett Peninsula

	Hallett Peninsula
	; View from the north of the Hallett Peninsula with Cape Hallett and Mount Geoffrey Markham
	Geographical location
Coordinates	72 ° 30 ′ S , 170 ° 10 ′ E Coordinates: 72 ° 30 ′ S , 170 ° 10 ′ E
location	Borchgrevink Coast , Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Waters 1	Ross Sea
Waters 2	Edisto Inlet
Waters 3	Tucker Inlet
length	32 km
	; Hallett Peninsula topographic map (center right)

The Hallett Peninsula is a triangular and domed peninsula on the Borchgrevink Coast of East Antarctica, Victoria Land . Its cliffs rise up to 1500 m on the east side and up to 300 m in the west . The peninsula stretches from Cape Hallett in the north to Cape Wheatstone in the southeast. It is connected to the mainland by a narrow land bridge between the Tucker Glacier and Edisto Inlet . The highest point is Mount Geoffrey Markham with 1770 m .

Participants of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after the built at Cape Hallett Hallett station whose namesake Thomas Rawe Hallett's († 1845), a ship's officer at the British Antarctic Expedition (1839-1843) under the direction of James Clark Ross .

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