Melville Peninsula (King George Island)
| Melville Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 1 ′ 30 ″ S , 57 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters 1 | Sherratt Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Destruction Bay | |
| length | 3 km | |
The Melville Peninsula ( Polish : Półwysep Melville'a ) is a 3 km long, narrow and up to 200 m high peninsula in the southeast of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It separates Sherratt Bay from Destruction Bay and ends in Cape Melville .
Polish scientists named it in 1984 based on the name of Cape Melville. Its namesake is Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771-1851), First Lord of the Admiralty .
Web links
- Melville Peninsula in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)