Sobral Peninsula

Sobral Peninsula (64°30′S 59°40′W) is a high and mainly ice-covered peninsula projecting from Nordenskjöld Coast in northern Graham Land, Antarctica. The feature is 11 nautical miles (20 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide and projects southward between Larsen Inlet to the east and Mundraga Bay to the west. The name was applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) (1963) and derives from Cape Sobral at the south end of this peninsula.

Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.

References

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer.

External links

Sobral Peninsula. Copernix satellite image

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