Kraków Peninsula
Kraków Peninsula is the peninsula between Admiralty Bay and King George Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name "Kraków Icefield," after Kraków, the former capital of Poland, was applied in 1980 by the Polish Antarctic Expedition to the ice that nearly covers this peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Krakow Peninsula”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Hamlet
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program. Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is situated 9 km northwest of Kraków Peninsula.
Kraków Peninsula
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
Discover Kraków Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kraków Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kraków Peninsula”
- Chinese: “克拉科夫半島”
- Dutch: “Krakow Peninsula”
- German: “Krakau-Halbinsel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Krakow Peninsula”
- Polish: “Kraków Peninsula”
- Swedish: “Kraków Peninsula”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Comandante Ferraz and Henryk Arctowski Station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kraków Dome and Arctowski Dome.
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