Hurd Peninsula
| Hurd Peninsula | ||
 Looking west across the Hurd Peninsula with False Bay in the foreground |
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| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 40 ′ 33 ″ S , 60 ° 21 ′ 59 ″ W | |
| location | Livingston Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters 1 | South Bay | |
| Waters 2 | False Bay | |
| Waters 3 | Bransfield Street | |
The Hurd Peninsula is a peninsula on the south coast of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It separates South Bay to the west from False Bay to the east.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1961 after Thomas Hannaford Hurd (1747-1823), from 1808 to 1823 second hydrograph of the British Admiralty and member of the Board of Longitude .
Web links
- Hurd Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hurd Peninsula on geographic.org (English)