Sobral Peninsula
Peninsula in northern Graham Land, Antarctica
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::summary Peninsula in northern Graham Land, Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Sobral Peninsula |
| image_name | Sobral Cape, Antarctica.jpg |
| image_caption | Sobral Peninsula 31 January 2020 |
| pushpin_map | Antarctica |
| pushpin_relief | y |
| coordinates | |
| location | Nordenskjöld Coast, Graham Land, Antarctica |
| area_km2 | |
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| name = Sobral Peninsula | image_name = Sobral Cape, Antarctica.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Sobral Peninsula 31 January 2020 | image_alt = | pushpin_map = Antarctica | pushpin_label = | pushpin_relief = y | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | location = Nordenskjöld Coast, Graham Land, Antarctica | area_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | country = The Sobral Peninsula () is a high and mainly ice-covered peninsula in northern Graham Land, Antarctica. The feature is 11 nmi long and 5 nmi wide and projects southward into the northern part of the Larsen Ice Shelf west of Larsen Inlet.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Nordenskjöld_Coast.svg" caption="Nordenskjöld Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. Sobral Peninsula at the northeast end"] ::
The Sobral Peninsula lies towards the east end of the Nordenskjöld Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends southward into the Weddell Sea. The Detroit Plateau and Mount Hornsby are to the north. To the east, Larsen Inlet separates the Sobral Peninsula from Mount Tucker and the Longing Peninsula. The Edgeworth Glacier flows into Mundraga Bay to the west.
Name
The name "Sobral Peninsula" was applied by UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1963, and derives from Cape Sobral at the south end of this peninsula.
Features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Phoenix_Peak,_Antarctica.jpg" caption="Phoenix Peak granite dyke"] ::
Features and nearby features, from north to south, include:
Ferguson Ridge
Skidoo Nunatak
Muskeg Gap
Phoenix Peak
Fishhook Ridge
Farquharson Nunatak
Mount Lombard
Hamer Hill
Cape Sobral
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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