Archar Peninsula
Archar Peninsula located in the North-Western extremity of Greenwich Island, Antarctica. The three km long peninsula is bounded by Razlog Cove to the North and McFarlane Strait to the South.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Greaves Peak and Cave Island.
Greaves Peak
Peak
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Greaves Peak is a conspicuous sharp, dark, double-pointed rocky peak rising to 240 m in the northwest of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Cave Island
Islet
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Cave Island is an island marked by a large cavern in its south side, which is the second largest of the Meade Islands lying in the north entrance to McFarlane Strait, off Archar Peninsula on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands. Cave Island is situated 3½ km west of Archar Peninsula.
Pisanitsa Island
Islet
Pisanitsa Island is the rocky island in the Meade group off Archar Peninsula, the northwest extremity of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands extending 270 m in southwest-northeast direction and 60 m wide. Pisanitsa Island is situated 3 km northwest of Archar Peninsula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ficheto Point.
Ficheto Point
Locality
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Ficheto Point is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Ficheto Point is situated 6 km west of Archar Peninsula.
Archar Peninsula
- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in the North-Western extremity of Greenwich Island, Antarctica
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Archar Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Archar Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Арчар”
- Cebuano: “Archar Peninsula”
- Chinese: “阿契爾半島”
- German: “Artschar-Halbinsel”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי ארצ’אר”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי ארצ’ר”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Archar Peninsula”
- Portuguese: “Península Archar”
- Swedish: “Archar Peninsula”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Captain Arturo Prat and Doctor Guillermo Mann.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Razlog Cove and Duff Point.
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