Fildes Peninsula
The Fildes Peninsula is a 7 km long peninsula that forms the south-western end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named from association with nearby Fildes Strait by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960; the strait was likely named for Robert Fildes, a British sealer of the 1800s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Arcibel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Protected area
- Description: Antarctic Specially Protected Area
- Also known as: “ASPA-125”, “ASPA-125C Domo Glaciar Bellingshausen”, “Bellingshausen Glacier Dome”, “Fildes Peninsula, King George Island (25 de Mayo)”, and “Fildes, peninsula”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Profound Lake and Davies Heights.
Profound Lake
Lake
Profound Lake or Lake Profound is a lake 400 metres northwest of Jasper Point in northeast Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. The feature was named "Ozero Glubokoye" by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition working from Bellingshausen Station from 1968, but both forms of the name are already in use in the Antarctic.
Davies Heights
Peak
The Davies Heights are an elevated area, roughly elliptical in form and 1 nautical mile long, rising to 150 metres in north-central Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. Davies Heights is situated 3 km southwest of Fildes Peninsula.
Slalom Lake
Lake
Slalom Lake is a small lake 0.25 nautical miles north of Ardley Cove, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. Located near the Soviet Antarctic Expedition Bellingshausen Station, erected 1968, the lake was named "Ozero Slalomnoye". Slalom Lake is situated 4 km southwest of Fildes Peninsula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base is situated 5 km southwest of Fildes Peninsula.
Fildes Peninsula
- Category: peninsula
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.16389° or 62° 9′ 50″ southLongitude
-58.91181° or 58° 54′ 43″ westElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
3893R3PQ+C7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1121221016GeoNames ID
6633084Wikidata ID
Q3411789
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fildes Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fildes (punta)”
- Cebuano: “Fildes”
- Chinese: “菲爾德斯半島”
- Dutch: “Fildes Peninsula”
- French: “Dôme Glacier Bellingshausen”
- French: “Peninsule Fildes”
- French: “péninsule Fildes”
- French: “Péninsule Fildes”
- German: “Collins-Gletscher-Eiskappe”
- German: “Fildes-Halbinsel”
- Italian: “Penisola Fildes”
- Latvian: “Faildsa pussala”
- Russian: “полуостров Филдса”
- Spanish: “Domo Glaciar Bellingshausen”
- Spanish: “Fildes, península”
- Spanish: “Peninsula Fildes”
- Spanish: “Península Fildes”
- Swedish: “Fildes Peninsula”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bellingshausen Dome and Changcheng Rock.
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