Adare Peninsula
The Adare Peninsula, is a high ice-covered peninsula, 40 nautical miles long, in the northeast part of Victoria Land, extending south from Cape Adare to Cape Roget.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Cape Adare Peninsula”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hargreaves Peak and Downshire Cliffs.
Hargreaves Peak
Peak
Hargreaves Peak is the highest peak on Adare Peninsula, Victoria Land, rising to 2,085 metres. It stands sharply above Downshire Cliffs to the east; with gently descending ice slopes on the western side toward Nameless Glacier.
Downshire Cliffs
Cliff
The Downshire Cliffs are a line of precipitous basalt cliffs rising to 2,000 m above the Ross Sea and forming much of the eastern side of the Adare Peninsula, along the Borchgrevink Coast of northern Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Adare Peninsula
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-71.63352° or 71° 38′ 1″ southLongitude
170.51556° or 170° 30′ 56″ eastElevation
643 metres (2,110 feet)Open location code
2VWG9G88+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 10574209191OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peninsula
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Satellite Map
Discover Adare Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Adare Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Adare Peninsula”
- Cebuano: “Adare Peninsula”
- Chinese: “阿代爾半島”
- Dutch: “Adare Peninsula”
- Finnish: “Adaren niemimaa”
- French: “péninsule Adare”
- French: “Péninsule Adare”
- Galician: “Adare Peninsula”
- German: “Adare-Halbinsel”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησος Αντέαρ”
- Italian: “Penisola Adare”
- Macedonian: “Адеров Полуостров”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Adare Peninsula”
- Polish: “Półwysep Adare’a”
- Spanish: “Adare Peninsula”
- Spanish: “Península Adare”
- Swedish: “Adare Peninsula”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Terrace and Borchgrevink’s Hut.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Adare Saddle.
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