Bjerkø Peninsula

Bjerkø Peninsula is a broad ice-covered peninsula of , forming the west shore of . whalers explored this area in January and February 1931, naming the cape at the end of this peninsula for gunner Reidar Bjerkø of the whale catcher Bouvet II, from whose deck the coast was sketched on January 19.
Wikipedia
  • Cape
  • …lies at an elevation of 229 metres (751 feet)
  • Description: peninsula in Mac.Robertson Land, Antarctica

Bjerkø Peninsula

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Latitude
-67.83333° or 67° 50′ south
Longitude
69.5° or 69° 30′ east
Open location code
3J4F5G82+M2
Geo­Names ID
6625880
Wiki­data ID
Q2680800

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bjerkø Peninsula” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Bjerkø Peninsula”
  • Chinese: “布耶克半島”
  • German: “Bjerkø-Halbinsel”
  • Hebrew: “חצי האי ביירקה”
  • Japanese: “ビェルコ半島”
  • Japanese: “ビェルコ岬”
  • Latvian: “Bjerkē pussala”
  • Latvian: “Bjerkes pussala”
  • Latvian: “Bjerkø Peninsula”
  • Latvian: “Bjerkø”
  • Latvian: “Bjerkøodden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bjerkøodden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjerkø Peninsula”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjerkøodden”
  • Swedish: “Bjerkø Peninsula”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Darnley, Cape.

Antarctica: Highlights

Notable places include Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.

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