Armour Peninsula

Armour Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula situated immediately east of on , along the coast of Marie Byrd Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in association with Armour Inlet.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Peninsula
  • Description: peninsula in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Armour”

Armour Peninsula

Latitude
-73.7° or 73° 42′ south
Longitude
-124.16667° or 124° 10′ west
Open location code
24RQ7RXM+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10574197257
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peninsula
Geo­Names ID
6633729
Wiki­data ID
Q2680395
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Armour Peninsula” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Armour Peninsula”
  • Chinese: “阿默半島”
  • Dutch: “Armour Peninsula”
  • German: “Armour-Halbinsel”
  • German: “Halbinsel Armour”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Armour Peninsula”
  • Swedish: “Armour Peninsula”

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