Mule Peninsula
| Mule Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 68 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ S , 77 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Waters 1 | Ellis Fjord | |
| Waters 2 | Krok Fjord | |
The Mule Peninsula ( Norwegian Breidnesmulen , literally translated Breitlandmaul , English Mule Peninsula ) is an irregularly shaped and rocky peninsula on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It lies between the Ellis Fjord and the Krok Fjord in the southern section of the Vestfold Mountains .
Norwegian cartographers, who also did the descriptive naming, mapped them using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 . The current designation is made by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA).
Web links
- Mule Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mule Peninsula on geographic.org (English)