Name details

Kyiv Peninsula

Kyiv Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Kyiv Peninsula  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Ukraine Gazetteer Id 140157

Feature type: Peninsula

Origin

This name originates from Ukraine. It is part of the Ukraine Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The predominantly ice-covered, oval shaped peninsula projecting 35 km in NW direction from Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Bounded by Flandres Bay to the NE and Beascochea Bay to the SW. Separated from Wilhelm Archipelago to the NW by Lemaire Channel and Penola Strait. British mapping in 1976.

Named For

Named after the capital city of Ukraine, in connection with the Ukrainian Antarctic base Vernadsky situated on nearby Galindez Island.

Location

Latitude:
65° 15' 00.0" S
-65.25000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
63° 41' 00.0" W
-63.68333°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
NULL
Source Identifier:
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Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
NULL
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

NULL

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
7-Sep-2020

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