Longing Peninsula
Peninsula in Antarctica
title: "Longing Peninsula" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["peninsulas-of-graham-land", "nordenskjöld-coast"] description: "Peninsula in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/peninsulas-of-graham-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longing_Peninsula" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Peninsula in Antarctica ::
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| name | Longing Peninsula |
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| country | Antarctica |
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| name = Longing Peninsula | image_name = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt = | pushpin_map = Antarctica | pushpin_label = | pushpin_relief = y | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | location = | area_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | country = Antarctica The Longing Peninsula () is a peninsula 9 nmi long terminating in Cape Longing, situated at the northeast end of the Nordenskjöld Coast where it separates the Larsen Ice Shelf from the Prince Gustav Ice Shelf.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Trinity_Peninsula.svg" caption="Trinity Peninsula, Antarctic Peninsula. Longing Peninsula southeast on coast"] ::
The Longing Peninsula extends from the southeast coast of the Trinity Peninsula into Prince Gustav Channel in Graham Land at the northeast end of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is at the northeast end of Nordenskjold Coast. Larsen Inlet is to the west of the peninsula, the Weddell Sea to the south and Prince Gustav Channel to the east. Mount Tucker is to the north. The Florentino Ameghino Refuge is an Argentine camp on Cape Longing, at the tip of the peninsula.
Discovery and name
The Longing Peninsula was discovered and roughly charted by Otto Nordenskjöld, leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), 1901–1904, who named Cape Longing. The peninsula was named after the cape by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) following British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geological work in the area, 1987–88.
Features
Features of the peninsula, and nearby features, include
Cape Longing
Longing Gap
Nordenskjöld Outcrops
Ameghino Gully
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://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/7696/ |accessdate=2024-05-03 |title=Graham Land and South Shetland Islands |publisher=BAS: British Antarctic Survey |year=2005 |ref= }}
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