Arrowsmith Peninsula

Location of Arrowsmith Peninsula on Graham Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Arrowsmith Peninsula (67°15′S 67°15′W / 67.250°S 67.250°W / -67.250; -67.250Coordinates: 67°15′S 67°15′W / 67.250°S 67.250°W / -67.250; -67.250) is a cape about 40 miles (64 km) long on the west coast of Graham Land, west of Forel Glacier, Sharp Glacier and Lallemand Fjord, and northwest of Bourgeois Fjord, with Hanusse Bay lying to the northwest. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955-58 and named for Edwin P. Arrowsmith, Governor of the Falkland Islands.

References

SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Arrowsmith Peninsula" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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