Buchananhalvøya is a peninsula in
Albert I Land
Albert I Land is the land area of the northwestern part of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is bordered by Haakon VII Land to the southeast. To the northeast lies Raudfjorden and its inner branch, Klinckowströmfjorden, to the southeast Krossfjord ...
at
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipel ...
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Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ...
. It is located at the head of
Raudfjorden, where the fjord branches into
Ayerfjorden to the west and
Klinckowströmfjorden to the east of the peninsula. It is named after
John Young Buchanan
John Young Buchanan FRSE FRS FCS (20 February 1844 – 16 October 1925) was a Scottish chemist, oceanographer and Arctic explorer. He was an important part of the Challenger Expedition.
Life
He was born in Partickhill, Glasgow on 20 February ...
.
The mountain
Buchanantoppen is located at the southern part of the peninsula, with
Chauveaubreen to the west and
Raudfjordbreen at the eastern side.
References
Peninsulas of Spitsbergen
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