Krylov Peninsula

	Krylov Peninsula
	Geographical location
Coordinates	69 ° 1 '26 " S , 155 ° 45' 35" E Coordinates: 69 ° 1 '26 " S , 155 ° 45' 35" O
location	Oates Coast , Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Waters 1	Somow lake
Waters 2	Lauritzen Bay

The Krylow Peninsula ( Russian Полуостров Крылова Poluostrow Krylowa ) is an ice-covered peninsula on the Oates coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . There it protrudes west of Lauritzen Bay into the Somow Sea .

Aerial photographs were taken during the US Operation Highjump (1946–1947), a Soviet Antarctic expedition in 1958 and a 1959 campaign as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The scientists of the Soviet expedition named it after the Russian shipbuilding engineer and mathematician Alexei Krylow (1863-1945). The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) translated this term into English on November 19, 1963.

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