Kvinge Peninsula
| Kvinge Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 10 ′ 59 ″ S , 61 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| location | Black Coast , Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Waters 1 | Palmer Inlet | |
| Waters 2 | Larsen Ice Shelf | |
The Kvinge Peninsula is a snow-covered peninsula on the Black Coast of the Palmerland in the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies on the north side of Palmer Inlet and ends seaward in Cape Bryant .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1976 after the Norwegian oceanographer Thor Kvinge (* 1929) of the University of Bergen , participant in the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions in 1968, 1969 and 1970.
Web links
- Kvinge Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kvinge Peninsula on geographic.org (English)