Rasmussen Peninsula

	Rasmussen Peninsula
	Geographical location
Coordinates	68 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 67 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ W Coordinates: 68 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 67 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ W.
location	Fallières Coast , Graham Land , Antarctic Peninsula
Waters 1	Mikkelsen Bay
Waters 2	Wordie Ice Shelf

The Rasmussen Peninsula (in Chile Península Riesco , in Argentina Península Mendoza ) is a peninsula up to 1210 m high on the Fallières coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Mikkelsen Bay and the Wordie Ice Shelf . The Cape Berteaux forms its seaward foothills.

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the peninsula on October 24, 1979 after the Danish Arctic explorer Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933). The Chilean name is named after Germán Riesco Errázuriz (1854–1916), President of Chile from 1901 to 1906. In Argentina, the peninsula is named after the city of Mendoza . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names has not yet recognized any of these names.

literature

John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1277 (English)