Arctowski Peninsula
.jpg) Arctowski Peninsula | |
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Gerlache Strait |
| Coordinates | 64°45′S 62°25′W / 64.750°S 62.417°W |
The Arctowski Peninsula (64°45′S 62°25′W / 64.750°S 62.417°W) is a peninsula, 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long in a north-south direction, lying between Andvord Bay and Wilhelmina Bay on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.[1]
Location[edit]
Arctowski Peninsula Peninsula lies on the Danco Coast of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The peninsula extends in a north-northwest direction from the Forbidden Plateau to the south into the Gerlache Strait to the north. Wilhelmina Bay is to the east of the peninsula.[2] Across the Gerlache Strait it faces the Solvay Mountains on Brabant Island to the north, and the Osterrieth Range on Anvers Island to the northwest. Rongé Island is west of the northwest side of the peninsula. The Laussedat Heights are between the southwest side of the peninsula and Andvord Bay.[2]
Discovery and name[edit]
The Arctowski Peninsula was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelAE), 1897–99, under Adrien de Gerlache. The name, for Henryk Arctowski of that expedition, was suggested by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for this previously unnamed feature.[1]
Features[edit]
Cape Anna[edit]
Cape Anna 64°35'S, 62°26'W A prominent black cape rising to 280 m, forming the N tip of Arctowski Peninsula. Discovered by the BelgAE, 1897-99, and named after Mme. Ernest (Anna) Osterrieth, who gave financial assistance to the expedition.[3]
Anna Cove[edit]
Anna Cove 64°35'S, 62°26'W A cove immediately E of Cape Anna at the N end of Arctowski Peninsula. Charted by the BelgAE on January 30, 1898, and named in association with Cape Anna.[4]
Hubl Peak[edit]
Hubl Peak 64°43'S, 62°29'W Peak W of Stolze Peak on Arctowski Peninsula, on the W coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the FIDS from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the UK-APC in 1960 for Artur Freiherr von Hubl (1853-1932), Austrian surveyor, head of the topographic section of the Militargeographische Institut, Vienna, who in 1894 designed a stereocomparator which was developed independently by Dr. Carl Pulfrich in 1901.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Alberts 1995, p. 25.
- ^ a b Graham Land and South Shetland BAS.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 21, Anna, Cape.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 21, Anna Cove.
Sources[edit]
- Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2023-12-03
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names. - Graham Land and South Shetland Islands, BAS: British Antarctic Survey, 2005, retrieved 2024-05-03
