Pirie Peninsula
Pirie Peninsula is a narrow peninsula extending 6 km northward from the center of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. The peninsula was surveyed in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, who named it for Dr Harvey Pirie, surgeon and geologist of the expedition.Pirie Peninsula
- Type: Cape
- Description: it is a narrow peninsula extending 6 km (3.7 mi) northward from the center of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pirie Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pirie Peninsula”
- Chinese: “皮里半島”
- Dutch: “Pirie Peninsula”
- German: “Pirie-Halbinsel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pirie Peninsula”
- Spanish: “Pirie, península”
- Swedish: “Pirie Peninsula”
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