Stansbury Peninsula
Stansbury Peninsula is an ice-free peninsula on the north coast of Nelson Island between Edgell Bay and Fildes Strait, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee following British Antarctic Survey geological work, 1975–76, after Michael J.- Type: Cape
- Description: Penninsula on Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands
- Also known as: “Helicopter Hills”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Spiro Hill and Refuge Astronomer Cruls.
Spiro Hill
Peak
Spiro Hill is a hill, 120 m, lying at the head of Edgell Bay, Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The present toponym replaces the provisional "Sudeste" and was approved by the Geographic Coordinating Committee of Argentina in 1956.
Refuge Astronomer Cruls
Dwelling
Refuge Astronomer Cruls is a Brazilian Antarctic summer facility named after astronomer Luis Cruls who set up an expedition in 1882 to Punta Arenas in order to observe the passage of Venus across the disk of the Sun.
Eco-Nelson
Dwelling
Photo: Grýn McSkalpeel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
CZ*ECO Nelson, also known as ECO Nelson to 2018 or Nelson Structures according to the ATS, is an Antarctic station on Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa Las Estrellas.
Villa Las Estrellas
Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Las Estrellas is a Chilean civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.
Stansbury Peninsula
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Stansbury Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Stansbury Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Stansbury Peninsula”
- Chinese: “斯坦斯伯里半島”
- Dutch: “Stansbury Peninsula”
- German: “Stansbury-Halbinsel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stansbury Peninsula”
- Swedish: “Stansbury Peninsula”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Eco Nelson and Bellingshausen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bingyuan Gudi and Chi Bi.
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