King Peninsula

	King Peninsula
	Geographical location
Coordinates	72 ° 12 ′ S , 100 ° 15 ′ W Coordinates: 72 ° 12 ′ S , 100 ° 15 ′ W
location	Ellsworthland , East Antarctica
Waters 1	Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound
Waters 2	Cosgrove Ice Shelf in Ferrero Bay
length	160 km
width	30 km

The King Peninsula is a 160 km long, 30 km wide and icy peninsula on the border between the Walgreen and Eights coasts of the East Antarctic Ellsworthland . It is south of Thurston Island and separates the Abbot Ice Shelf in Peacock Sound from the Cosgrove Ice Shelf in Ferrero Bay .

It was identified as a long island or possible peninsula on aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946–1947). The clear assignment as a peninsula was made using aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1960 after Naval Admiral Ernest Joseph King (1878-1956), Chief of Naval Operations between 1942 and 1945, who was involved in the preparatory work was involved in Operation Highjump.

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