Merz Peninsula
The Merz Peninsula is an irregular, ice-covered peninsula, about 15 nautical miles long in an east–west direction and averaging 25 nautical miles wide, between Hilton Inlet and Violante Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.- Cape
- …lies at an elevation of around 650 metres (2,130 feet)
- …is also known as “Península Merz”
- Description: Peninsula located in Antarctica
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-72.31094° or 72° 18′ 39″ south
Longitude
-61.06061° or 61° 3′ 38″ west
Open location code
27VWMWQQ+JQ
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Merz Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Merz”
- Chinese: “梅爾茲半島”
- Dutch: “Merz”
- French: “Péninsule de Merz”
- German: “Merz-Halbinsel”
- German: “Merz”
- Italian: “Penisola Merz”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Merz Peninsula”
- Spanish: “Merz, península”
- Spanish: “Península Merz”
- Swedish: “Merz”
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Highlights include Wüst Inlet and Spiess Glacier.
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