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Depot Glacier (Antarctica)
The Tabarin Peninsula () is a peninsula long and wide, lying south of the trough between Hope Bay and Duse Bay and forming the east extremity of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula. Location Tabarin Peninsula lies in Graham Land and forms the east tip of Trinity Peninsula, which is itself the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The peninsula extends in a southeast direction from the tip of Trinity Peninsula. It is separated by Antarctic Sound from the Joinville Island group to the east. It is northwest of the Erebus and Terror Gulf, and northeast of James Ross Island. Argentina's Esperanza Base is at the northeast end of the peninsula, beside Uruguay's ECARE base, named for Ruperto Elichiribehety. The Tabarin Peninsula extends southwards into the Weddell Sea for about . It is connected to the mainland by an isthmus about wide which lies between Hope Bay to the north and Duse Bay to the south. The average height of the peninsular is about and the highest point, at ...
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