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18-640: The Longing Peninsula extends from the southeast coast of the Trinity Peninsula into Prince Gustav Channel in Graham Land at the northeast end of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is at the northeast end of Nordenskjold Coast . Larsen Inlet is to the west of the peninsula, the Weddell Sea to the south and Prince Gustav Channel to the east. Mount Tucker is to the north. The Florentino Ameghino Refuge

36-651: Is a peninsula 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) long terminating in Cape Longing, situated at the northeast end of the Nordenskjöld Coast where it separates the Larsen Ice Shelf from the Prince Gustav Ice Shelf . The Longing Peninsula extends from the southeast coast of the Trinity Peninsula into Prince Gustav Channel in Graham Land at the northeast end of the Antarctic Peninsula . It

54-502: Is an Argentine camp on Cape Longing, at the tip of the peninsula. The Longing Peninsula was discovered and roughly charted by Otto Nordenskjöld , leader of the swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), 1901-04, who named Cape Longing. The peninsula was named after the cape by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geological work in the area, 1987-88. Features of

72-487: Is at the northeast end of Nordenskjold Coast . Larsen Inlet is to the west of the peninsula, the Weddell Sea to the south and Prince Gustav Channel to the east. Mount Tucker is to the north. The Florentino Ameghino Refuge is an Argentine camp on Cape Longing, at the tip of the peninsula. The Longing Peninsula was discovered and roughly charted by Otto Nordenskjöld , leader of the swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), 1901-04, who named Cape Longing. The peninsula

90-418: Is the northernmost part of the Antarctic Peninsula . It extends northeastward for about 130 km (80 mi) to Cape Dubouzet from an imaginary line connecting Cape Kater on the north-west coast and Cape Longing on the south-east coast. Prime Head is the northernmost point of this peninsula. Some 20 kilometers southeast of Prime Head is Hope Bay with the year-round Argentinian Esperanza Base . It

108-547: Is used to avoid the long detour around Cape Longing. Mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Cape Longing. 64°27′S 58°58′W  /  64.450°S 58.967°W  / -64.450; -58.967 . Rock outcrops on the west side of Longing Peninsula. The feature extends south for 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) from

126-625: The Argentine refuge situated on the southwest side of Longing Gap and named in turn after Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911), Argentine geologist and anthropologist; Director, Museum of Natural History, Buenos Aires, 1902-11. Named by the UK-APC in 1990. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey . Trinity Peninsula Trinity Peninsula

144-453: The Corporation of Trinity House , Britain's historical maritime pilotage authority, although the precise application by him has not been identified with certainty and is a matter of different interpretation by Antarctic historians. On 16 November 1820, nearly a year after the peninsula's discovery by Bransfield, American explorer Nathaniel Palmer and his crew become the first to land on

162-478: The outcrops on the west side of Longing Peninsula, Nordenskjold Coast. The name derives from " Refugio Ameghino ," the Argentine refuge situated on the southwest side of Longing Gap and named in turn after Florentino Ameghino (1854-1911), Argentine geologist and anthropologist; Director, Museum of Natural History, Buenos Aires, 1902-11. Named by the UK-APC in 1990. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of

180-491: The peninsula, and nearby features, include Download coordinates as: 64°33′S 58°50′W  /  64.550°S 58.833°W  / -64.550; -58.833 . A rocky cape on the east coast of Graham Land, forming the south end of a large ice-covered promontory which marks the west side of the south entrance to Prince Gustav Channel. Discovered by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold in 1902, and so named by him because from

198-421: The peninsula. 63°37′S 058°20′W  /  63.617°S 58.333°W  / -63.617; -58.333 This Trinity Peninsula , Antarctica, location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cape Longing The Longing Peninsula ( 64°30′S 58°50′W  /  64.500°S 58.833°W  / -64.500; -58.833  ( Longing Peninsula ) )

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216-402: The position of his winter hut on Snow Hill Island the cape lay in the direction of his "land of longing" which he was anxious to explore. 64°25′S 58°57′W  /  64.417°S 58.950°W  / -64.417; -58.950 . A constriction in the promontory north of Cape Longing, where the land narrows to 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) and forms a low isthmus. The gap

234-495: The promontory north of Cape Longing, where the land narrows to 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) and forms a low isthmus. The gap is used to avoid the long detour around Cape Longing. Mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with Cape Longing. 64°27′S 58°58′W  /  64.450°S 58.967°W  / -64.450; -58.967 . Rock outcrops on

252-471: The south end of a large ice-covered promontory which marks the west side of the south entrance to Prince Gustav Channel. Discovered by the SwedAE under Nordenskjold in 1902, and so named by him because from the position of his winter hut on Snow Hill Island the cape lay in the direction of his "land of longing" which he was anxious to explore. 64°25′S 58°57′W  /  64.417°S 58.950°W  / -64.417; -58.950 . A constriction in

270-493: The vicinity of Longing Gap and is the type locality for the geologic Nordenskjold Formation. Named by the UK-APC following BAS geological work, 1987-88, after Otto Nordenskjold, leader of the SwedAE, 1901-04, who explored this coast in 1902. 64°28′S 58°38′W  /  64.467°S 58.633°W  / -64.467; -58.633 . A gully running E-W through the outcrops on the west side of Longing Peninsula, Nordenskjold Coast. The name derives from " Refugio Ameghino ,"

288-493: The west side of Longing Peninsula. The feature extends south for 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) from the vicinity of Longing Gap and is the type locality for the geologic Nordenskjold Formation. Named by the UK-APC following BAS geological work, 1987-88, after Otto Nordenskjold, leader of the SwedAE, 1901-04, who explored this coast in 1902. 64°28′S 58°38′W  /  64.467°S 58.633°W  / -64.467; -58.633 . A gully running E-W through

306-481: Was first sighted on 30 January 1820 by Edward Bransfield , Master, Royal Navy , immediately after his charting of the newly discovered South Shetland Islands nearby. In the century following the peninsula's discovery, chartmakers used various names (Trinity Land, Palmer Land, and Land of Louis Philippe) for this portion of it, each name having some historical merit. The recommended name derives from "Trinity Land", given by Bransfield during 1820 in likely recognition of

324-407: Was named after the cape by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geological work in the area, 1987-88. Features of the peninsula, and nearby features, include Download coordinates as: 64°33′S 58°50′W  /  64.550°S 58.833°W  / -64.550; -58.833 . A rocky cape on the east coast of Graham Land, forming

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