Wright Peninsula

Coordinates: 67°28′S 68°10′W / 67.467°S 68.167°W / -67.467; -68.167
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Sighing Peak (in front) and the Stokes Peaks behind it form the northern fringe of the Wright Peninsula. On the right is Stonehouse Bay. Click on the picture for a description of the other geographical features. Viewing direction is toward the west.
The Wormald Ice Piedmont covers large parts of the Wright Peninsula, and terminates in high ice cliffs on Laubeuf Fjord. The nunatak in the centre of the picture has a height of 398 m. The mountains on the right form part of the Stokes Peaks and mark the northern edge of the ice piedmont. On the far left a melting pond can be seen on the ice. Viewing direction is toward the north-northwest.

Wright Peninsula (67°28′S 68°10′W / 67.467°S 68.167°W / -67.467; -68.167) is a

Ryder Bay to the south.[1] On its northern coastline the peninsula is fringed by the Stokes Peaks; on its southern side by the Reptile Ridge. The Princess Royal Range separates the peninsula from the rest of Adelaide Island; the only 'gap' is provided by McCallum Pass.[2]

Its eastern coastline on

Mackay Point. Just off the piedmont is Webb Island
.

Both the peninsula and the

specially protected area at Rothera Point of 0.1 km2.[3]

Prior to 1964, the peninsula was called "Square Peninsula" for its somewhat rectangular shape.

United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1964 for British Antarctic Survey surveyor Alan F. Wright.[1] The piedmont was named by UK-APC in 1977 after Steven Wormald, a prominent former BAS staff member.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Wright Peninsula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  2. ^ Geographic data taken from British Antarctic Survey topographic map (Satellite Image Map) SQ 19-20/14 (Extended), Edition 1, 2010, Adelaide Island and Arrowsmith Peninsula, Scale 1:250.000
  3. ^ See: http://cep.ats.aq/cep/apa/aspa/sites/aspa129/summary.html
  4. ^ Bryan, R. 1965. Observations on snow accumulation patterns at Adelaide Island. Brit. Antarc. Surv. Bull., 6, 51–62, page 51. At: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/documents/bas_bulletins/bulletin06_07.pdf
  5. ^ "Wormald Ice Piedmont". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-05-11.

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