Furse Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Furse Peninsula (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peninsula
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
E part of Gibbs Island (q.v.), E of The Spit. The name Narrow Island (Powell, 1822b, p.11) or Narrow Isle (Powell, chart, 1822a) was originally applied to the whole island. Narrow Island, referring to the present feature (BA chart 1238, 7.ix.1839; 1916, p.387). Île Narrow, referring to the whole island (d'Urville, 1842, end map). The following names were applied to the present feature. Narrow Insel (Friederichsen, 1895, Tafel 7 facing p.304). Isla Narrow (Riso Patron S., 1908, end map). Narrow Ö (HA chart, 1928). Narrow-Öen (Aagaard, 1930, end map). Survey by DI in January 1937, when a landing was made, showed that the present feature is joined to the rest of Gibbs Island by The Spit which "dries at low water" (Hill, 1937). Narrow Island Peninsula (Deacon, 1939, p.200). Islote Narrow (Argentina. MM chart 104, 1949; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.207). Isla Estrecha [translation of English name] (Riggi, 1950, map facing p.24). Islote Angosto [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.197; Pierrou, 1970, p.167). Islote Harrow [sic] (Chile. IGM map 1, 1966). Further survey by JSEEIG in January 1977 showed that The Spit is a storm beach rising about 2m above sea level at high tide, although awash in heavy seas, and the present feature was renamed Furse Peninsula after Cdr John Richard ("Chris") Furse, RN (b. 1935), Leader of JSEEIG and of JSEBI; member of JSEEI (APC, 1980, p.3).
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