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)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Melville Peninsula (POL) | 62° 01' 30.0" S | 57° 36' 00.0" W | Peninsula |
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Name ID: 116569
Place ID: 9416
Narrow, long peninsula, about 200 m high, bordered by vertical cliffs, in the south-east part of King George Island, between Sherratt Bay and Destruction Bay. Name derived from the neighbouring Cape Melville which forms the tip of the peninsula. |
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