Kvinge Peninsula
Peninsula located in Antarctica
title: "Kvinge Peninsula" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["peninsulas-of-palmer-land"] description: "Peninsula located in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/peninsulas-of-palmer-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvinge_Peninsula" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Peninsula located in Antarctica ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox peninsula"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kvinge Peninsula |
| map | Antarctica |
| map_caption | Location in Antarctica |
| location | Palmer Land, Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| :: |
| name = Kvinge Peninsula | image_name = | image_caption = | map = Antarctica | map_caption = Location in Antarctica | nickname = | location = Palmer Land, Antarctica | coordinates = | area_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = Kvinge Peninsula () is a snow-covered peninsula at the north side of Palmer Inlet terminating in Cape Bryant, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Palmer_Land_North_USGS_Sketch.jpg" caption="Northern Palmer Land. Kvinge Peninsula in southeast of map"] ::
The Kvinge Peninsula is on the Black Coast of Palmer Land, beside the Weddell Sea to the east. The Imshaug Peninsula and Lehrke Inlet are to the north. Morency Island and the larger Steele Island are to the northeast. To the south the Kvinge Peninsula is bounded by the Kauffman Glacier, which flows from Singleton Nunatak into Palmer Inlet. Palmer Inlet's mouth is between Cape Musselman on Foster Peninsula to the south and Cape Bryant to the north on Kvinge Peninsula. To the west, Gain Glacier northeast flows to the sea past Singleton Nunatak and Marshall Peak. It is joined by Murrish Glacier from the left (west), which in turn is joined by Guard Glacier. Features to the west include Neshyba Peak, Stockton Peak and Abendroth Peak.
Mapping and name
The Kvinge Peninsula was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Thor Kvinge, a Norwegian oceanographer from the University of Bergen. Kvinge was a member of the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expeditions, 1968, 1969 and 1970.
Glaciers
Kauffman Glacier
Gain Glacier
Cat Ridge
Murrish Glacier
Guard Glacier
Eastern features
Singleton Nunatak
Palmer Inlet
Cape Musselman
Cape forming the south side of the entrance to Palmer Inlet. Discovered by members of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air from East Base in 1940. Named for Lytton C. Musselman, member of the East Base party which sledged across Dyer Plateau to the vicinity of Mount Jackson, which stands inland from this cape.
Cape Bryant
Morency Island
Steele Island
Western features
Marshall Peak
Neshyba Peak
Stockton Peak
Abendroth Peak
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palmer_Land_North_USGS_Sketch.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-25 |title=Palmer Land |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::