Muskeg Gap
Coordinates: 64 ° 25 ′ S , 59 ° 42 ′ W
The Muskeg Gap ( in Argentina istmo Almizclero called) is a low-lying isthmus at the Nordenskjöld Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located at the northern end of the Sobral Peninsula .
The Isthmus served the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey as an abbreviation for survey work on the Sobral Peninsula from 1960 to 1961. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him on 12 February 1964 following the Muskeg - tractors of the Canadian manufacturer Bombardier .
Web links
- Muskeg Gap in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Muskeg Gap on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Almizclero, istmo in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica , accessed on June 8, 2017