Eurydice Peninsula

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Coordinates64°33′50″S 61°31′40″W / 64.56389°S 61.52778°W / -64.56389; -61.52778 (Eurydice Peninsula)
Eurydice Peninsula
Eurydice Peninsula is located in Antarctica
Eurydice Peninsula
Eurydice Peninsula
Geography
LocationCharlotte Bay
Coordinates64°33′50″S 61°31′40″W / 64.56389°S 61.52778°W / -64.56389; -61.52778 (Eurydice Peninsula)

Eurydice Peninsula (64°33′50″S 61°31′40″W / 64.56389°S 61.52778°W / -64.56389; -61.52778 (Eurydice Peninsula)) is a predominantly ice-covered 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) wide peninsula projecting from Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula 7.4 kilometres (4.6 mi) northwestwards into Charlotte Bay south of Recess Cove. It ends in Sepúlveda Point to the north and Meusnier Point to the west.[1]

Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. Eurydice Peninsula in center

Eurydice Peninsula lies on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends in a northwest direction into Charlotte Bay. Recess Cove is to the north, and Pefaur Peninsula is north of Recess Cove. Herbert Plateau is to the southeast. Nobile Glacier flows along its northeast side into Recess Cove. Bozhinov Glacier flows along its southwest side into Kapisturia Cove.[2]

Name

The Eurydice Peninsula is named after Eurydice, the mythical wife of the Thracian singer Orpheus.[1]

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