Fildes Peninsula

The peninsula lies at the south-western end of King George Island and is the site of several research stations.
View of the peninsula from Maxwell Bay
Uruguay's Artigas Bass on Maxwell Bay near the eastern end of the peninsula

The Fildes Peninsula is a 7 km (4.3 mi) long peninsula that forms the south-western end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named from association with nearby Fildes Strait by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960; the strait was likely named for Robert Fildes, a British sealer of the 1800s.[1]

  1. ^ "Fildes Strait". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-22.

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