Parker Peninsula
| Parker Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 34 ′ 59 ″ S , 63 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ W | |
| location | Anvers Island ( Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters 1 | Fournier Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Inverleith Harbor | |
| Waters 3 | Hackapike Bay | |
| Waters 4 | Lion Sound and Gerlache Street | |
The Parker Peninsula is a peninsula in the northeast of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It runs out northeast at Andrews Point and separates the head of Fournier Bay from Lion Sound .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1956 during the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1980 after the British diplomat James Roland Walter Parker (1919-2009), who was Governor of the Falkland Islands between 1977 and 1980 .
Web links
- Parker Peninsula in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)