Imshaug Peninsula
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Coordinates | 70 ° 55 ′ 16 ″ S , 61 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ W | |
location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
Waters 1 | Weddell Sea | |
Waters 2 | Lehrke Inlet |
The Imshaug Peninsula is a wide and snow-covered peninsula on the Black Coast of the Palmerland in the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located on the south side of the Lehrke Inlet .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1976 after the American biologist Henry Andrew Imshaug (1925-2010), who studied sub-Antarctic flora on the Juan as part of the United States Antarctic Program -Fernández Islands (1965–1966), the Falkland Islands (1967–1968), the Chiloé Archipelago (1969), Campbell Island (1969–1970) and the Kerguelen (1970–1971).
Web links
- Imshaug Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Imshaug Peninsula on geographic.org (English)