Melba Peninsula
Melba Peninsula is a broad, ice-covered peninsula between Reid Glacier and the Bay of Winds, fronting on Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Mawson, 1911–1914, who named it for Dame Nellie Melba of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition.Melba Peninsula
- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in Queen Mary Land, Antarctica
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Melba Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Melba Peninsula”
- Chinese: “梅爾巴半島”
- German: “Melba-Halbinsel”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי מלבה”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melba Peninsula”
- Swedish: “Melba Peninsula”
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