Longing Peninsula
| Longing Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 30 ′ S , 58 ° 50 ′ W | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters 1 | Larsen Inlet | |
| Waters 2 | Prince Gustav Canal | |
| length | 14 km | |
The Longing Peninsula is an approximately 14 km long peninsula in the northernmost section of the Nordenskjöld coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . The peninsula protrudes into the Weddell Sea , where it separates the Larsen Inlet from the Prince Gustav Canal . The peninsula ends seaward with Cape Longing ( 64 ° 33 ′ S , 58 ° 50 ′ W ), which forms the northern end of the Nordenskjöld coast. At the base of the peninsula is the Longing Gap , behind which the Trinity Peninsula connects to the north .
The peninsula was discovered, roughly mapped and named as Längstans Udde ( Swedish , literally translated as Cape of Longing ) by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) led by Otto Nordenskjöld . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee , following measurements by the British Antarctic Survey from 1987 to 1988, renamed it while retaining the original meaning of the word in order to correspond to the actual nature of this geographical object.
Web links
- Longing Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Longing Peninsula on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
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↑ Cape Longing on geographic.org (accessed May 27, 2016).
John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 949 (English).