Potter Peninsula
| Potter Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 14 '44 " S , 58 ° 39' 28" W | |
| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters 1 | Potter Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Bransfield Street | |
The Potter Peninsula ( Spanish Península Potter ) is a low and unrefined peninsula in the southwest of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Island . It extends from Mirounga Point on Potter Cove to Stranger Point on Bransfield Street .
Chilean geologists named it in 1966 based on the naming of the neighboring Potter Cove, whose namesake is unclear. The Potter Peninsula is a specially protected area in Antarctica ( Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 132 ).
Web links
- Potter Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Potter Peninsula on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Potter Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands (PDF; 225 KB), Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 132, accessed June 10, 2018