Wright Peninsula ( 67°28′S 68°10′W / 67.467°S 68.167°W / -67.467; -68.167 ) is a peninsula on the east coast of Adelaide Island , Antarctica , lying between Stonehouse Bay to the north and Ryder Bay to the south. On its northern coastline the peninsula is fringed by the Stokes Peaks ; on its southern side by the Reptile Ridge . The Princess Royal Range separates the peninsula from the rest of Adelaide Island; the only 'gap' is provided by McCallum Pass .
6-546: Its eastern coastline on Laubeuf Fjord is formed by the Wormald Ice Piedmont , whose vertical ice cliffs are broken in only two places to provide for ice-free landing sites. One of these is at Rothera Point at the southern tip of the peninsula, where the British Rothera Research Station is situated. The other is at tiny Mackay Point . Just off the piedmont is Webb Island . Both the peninsula and
12-648: Is Day Island , followed by Wyatt Island a bit further south. Still further south are the smaller Webb Island and Pinero Island . There are also various very small, mostly rocky islets, such as the Brockhamp Islands , Covey Rocks , Quilp Rock and Killingbeck Island . Several large glaciers calve into Laubeuf Fjord. From the Arrowsmith Peninsula these are the Ward Glacier , the Vallot Glacier and
18-457: Is a sound in Antarctica , 40 kilometres (25 miles) long in a north-south direction and averaging 16 km (10 mi) wide, lying between the east-central portion of Adelaide Island and the southern part of Arrowsmith Peninsula , Graham Land . It connects Hanusse Bay to the north with Marguerite Bay to the south. The southern 'border' between Laubeuf Fjord and Marguerite Bay is formed by
24-728: The ice piedmont were surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1961–62, and by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) from 1976. Since 1985, there is a small specially protected area at Rothera Point of 0.1 km. Prior to 1964, the peninsula was called "Square Peninsula" for its somewhat rectangular shape. It was re-named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1964 for British Antarctic Survey surveyor Alan F. Wright. The piedmont
30-636: The line between Rothera Point , Adelaide Island, and Cape Sáenz , which is the southernmost point of the Arrowsmith Peninsula. The fjord was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition , 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot , and named by him for Maxime Laubeuf , a French marine engineer who supervised building the engine for the ship Pourquoi-Pas . There are several islands in Laubeuf Fjord. The largest and northernmost of these
36-440: Was named by UK-APC in 1977 after Steven Wormald , a prominent former BAS staff member. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Wright Peninsula" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . [REDACTED] This Adelaide Island location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Laubeuf Fjord Laubeuf Fjord
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