Wright Peninsula
| Wright Peninsula | ||
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 27 '47 " S , 68 ° 10' 24" W | |
| location | Adelaide Island ( Adelaide and Biscoe Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Waters 1 | Ryder Bay | |
| Waters 2 | Stonehouse Bay | |
The Wright Peninsula is a peninsula on the east coast of Adelaide Island west of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It separates Ryder Bay from Stonehouse Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1971 after Alan Frederick Wright (1934-2013), geodesist of the British Antarctic Survey at the Survey station on Adelaide Island from 1960 to 1963.
Web links
- Wright Peninsula in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wright Peninsula on geographic.org (English)