Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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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Feature type: Peninsula
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:
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 after the capital city of Ukraine, in connection with the Ukrainian Antarctic base Vernadsky situated on nearby Galindez Island.
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