Imshaug Peninsula

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Imshaug Peninsula
Geographical location
Imshaug Peninsula (Antarctic Peninsula)
Imshaug Peninsula
Coordinates 70 ° 55 ′ 16 ″  S , 61 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  W 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).

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