Weaver Peninsula
| Weaver Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 12 '26 " S , 58 ° 47' 30" W | |
| location | King George Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Waters 1 | Collins Harbor | |
| Waters 2 | Marian Cove | |
The Weaver Peninsula is a small peninsula in Maxwell Bay off King George Island in the Archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It separates Collins Harbor from Marian Cove and ends in North Spit .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 after the geologist Stephen Donald Weaver (* 1947) from the University of Birmingham , who was part of a team for the British Antarctic Survey in this area in 1975 .
Web links
- Weaver Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Weaver Peninsula on geographic.org (English)