Polar 3 peninsula
| Polar 3 peninsula | ||
 The peninsula is unnamed on the topographic map sheet, at the southern tip is Cape Washington |
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| Geographical location | ||
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 34 ′ S , 165 ° 22 ′ E | |
| location | Boundary between the Scott and Borchgrevink coasts , Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Waters 1 | Ross Sea | |
| Waters 2 | Terra Nova Bay | |
| length | 18 km | |
| width | 4 km | |
The Polar 3 peninsula is an icy and almost 18 km long peninsula in the east of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . The southern tip of the peninsula protruding into the Ross Sea is the striking Cape Washington . The Scott Coast extends on its western flank , its eastern flank belongs to the Borchgrevink coast and in the northwest the peninsula connects to the Antarctic mainland.
The name of the peninsula refers to the research aircraft Polar 3 of the Alfred Wegener Institute , which was shot down over Africa in February 1985. The name was proposed by the GANOVEX IV expedition in 1984/85 and subsequently adopted by the Standing Committee on Geographic Names at the request of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR).
Web links
- Polar 3 Peninsula in geonames
- Polar 3 Peninsula in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica , accessed August 24, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Standing Committee on Geographical Names : Directory of German geographical names of the Antarctic (introduction) (source directory) , here sources 33.73. Retrieved August 24, 2017