Nuñez Peninsula
| Nuñez Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 15 ′ 22 ″ S , 37 ° 19 ′ 59 ″ W | |
| location | South Georgia | |
| Waters 1 | South Atlantic | |
| Waters 2 | Queen Maud Bay | |
| Waters 3 | Jossac Bight | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
The Núñez Peninsula is a rocky and comparatively ice-free peninsula of 8 km in length, which lies between Queen Maud Bay and Jossac Bight on the south coast of South Georgia and ends at the southwestern branch in Cape Núñez .
The peninsula was already known to the first whalers to call at South Georgia. The South Georgia Survey conducted a geodetic survey between 1951 and 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1958 based on the naming of the cape of the same name.
Web links
- Nuñez Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nuñez Peninsula on geographic.org (English)