Mackenzie Peninsula
| Mackenzie Peninsula | ||
 Map of Laurie Island with the Mackenzie Peninsula (left) |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 44 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| location | Laurie Island , South Orkney Islands | |
| Waters 1 | Jessie Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Washington Strait | |
| Waters 3 | Wilton Bay | |
| Waters 4 | Weddell Sea | |
The Mackenzie Peninsula is the steep and rocky peninsula that forms the western end of Laurie Island in the South Orkney Archipelago .
It was discovered and roughly mapped in 1821 by the British sealer captain George Powell (1794-1824) on the Dove and the American navigator Nathaniel Palmer on the Hero . A detailed cartographic survey was made in 1903 by participants of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under the direction of William Speirs Bruce . Bruce named the peninsula after his wife Jessie, nee Mackenzie.
Web links
- Mackenzie Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mackenzie Peninsula on geographic.org (English)