Byers Peninsula
Byers Peninsula is a mainly ice-free peninsula forming the west end of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It occupies 60 km2, borders Ivanov Beach to the northeast and is separated from Rotch Dome on the east by the ridge of Urvich Wall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Inoceramid bivalves, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cape
- Description: Antarctic Specially Protected Area
- Also known as: “ASPA-126”, “Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands”, “Byers, peninsula”, “Peninsula Byers”, and “Península Byers”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chester Cone and Basalt Lake.
Chester Cone
Peak
Chester Cone is the ice-free peak rising to 188 m in the central part of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica surmounting Midge Lake to the northwest.
Basalt Lake
Lake
Basalt Lake is a small freshwater lake surrounded by three basalt outcrops with ‘organ-pipe’ formations in their rocks, situated in the central part of the ice-free Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. and draining through a 1.6 kilometres stream southwards into Bransfield Strait.
Midge Lake
Lake
Midge Lake is the largest among numerous freshwater lakes on the ice-free Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Byers Peninsula
- Categories: peninsula, protected area, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Byers Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Byers Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Байърс”
- Cebuano: “Byers”
- Chinese: “拜爾斯半島”
- Dutch: “Byers”
- German: “Byers-Halbinsel”
- German: “Península Byers”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי ביירז”
- Italian: “Penisola Byers”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Byers Peninsula”
- Polish: “Byers Peninsula”
- Spanish: “Byers, península”
- Spanish: “Península Byers”
- Swedish: “Byers Peninsula”
- Swedish: “Byers”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Doctor Guillermo Mann.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chester Lake and Usnea Plug.
Antarctica: Must-Visit Destinations
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Byers Peninsula”. Photo: Inoceramid bivalves, CC BY-SA 4.0.