Parry Peninsula (Coatsland)

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Parry Peninsula
Geographical location
Parry Peninsula (Antarctica)
Parry Peninsula
Coordinates 79 ° 31 ′  S , 29 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 79 ° 31 ′  S , 29 ° 21 ′  W
location Coatsland , East Antarctica
Waters Slessor glacier
Waters 2 Bailey Ice Stream

The Parry Peninsula is a peninsula in the East Antarctic Coatsland . It separates the Slessor Glacier from the Bailey Ice Stream on the western edge of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf , 5.5 km southwest of Parry Point and 40 km southwest of Mount Faraway .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1999 based on the name of the rocky promontory of the same name. Its namesake is Rear Admiral Cecil Ramsden Langworthy Parry (1901-1977), Secretary of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958).

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