Crane peninsula
| Crane peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 58 ′ 20 ″ S , 61 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| Waters 1 | Southern ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Croker Passage | |
| length | 2.85 km | |
| width | 2.35 km | |
The crane peninsula ( Bulgarian полуостров Крън poluostrow crane ) is a peninsula with a strongly undulating coastline at the northeast end of Liège Island in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . In north-south expansion it is 2.85 km long, 2.35 km wide, ends to the north at Moureaux Point and is connected to the rest of the island via a 200 m wide isthmus to the south .
British scientists mapped it in 1978. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named it in 2013 after the town of Kran in central Bulgaria .
Web links
- Kran Peninsula in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)