COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

the E extremity of Trinity Peninsula between Duse Bay and Antarctic Sound, bounded to NW by Depot Glacier and Mondor Glacier, and extending S to Erebus and Terror Gulf, was surveyed by SwAE in 1902; resurveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay" in March 1946 and named after Operation "Tabarin", the naval code name for FIDS, 1943-45, which name was in turn derived from the Paris night club Bal Tabarin, typifying night work and chaos in launching the operation (Mondor Glacier, q.v.) (BA chart 3205, 23.ix.1949; APC, 1955, p.20; DOS 310 Hope Bay sheet, 1961; BAS 250 sheets SP 21-22/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1973; SP 21-22/13, 1-DOS 1974). Península Tabarin (Chile. DNH chart L, 1951; Pierrou, 1970, p.679; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.273). Tambarin [sic] Peninsula (USHO, 1956, p.85). The peninsula was further surveyed by FIDS from "Hope Bay", 1960-62. Poluostrov Tabarin (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961).

Peninsula 15 mi long and 5 to 12 mi wide, lying S of the trough between Hope Bay and Duse Bay and forming the E extremity of Trinity Peninsula. Discovered and charted by the SwedAE, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. It was mapped in 1946 by the FIDS and named after Operation Tabarin, the naval code name for the FIDS from 1943 to 1945.

Fue descubierta por la Expedición Sueca de 1901-1904, al mando del Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld y cartografiado en 1946 por FIDS, que le puso este nombre por la Operación Tabarín del año 1943 a 1945. Mide 13 millas de largo por 9 de ancho, situada entre las bahías Hope y Duse y forma la porción S de la extremidad NE de la península Luis Felipe. La costa S de la península consiste en acantilados de hielo a través de los cuales afloran salientes de piedra desnuda. Su máxima altura es de 744 metros.