Kvinge Peninsula () is a snow-covered peninsula at the north side of Palmer Inlet terminating in Cape Bryant, on the east coast of

Palmer Land Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...

, Antarctica.

Location

The Kvinge Peninsula is on the

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, beside the

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to the east. The Imshaug Peninsula and Lehrke Inlet are to the north. Morency Island and the larger Steele Island are to the northeast. To the south the Kvinge Peninsula is bounded by the Kauffman Glacier, which flows from Singleton Nunatak into Palmer Inlet. Palmer Inlet's mouth is between Cape Musselman on

Foster Peninsula Snyder Peninsula () is a high, ice-covered peninsula on the south side of Lamplugh Inlet terminating in Cape Howard, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location The Snyder Peninsula is on the Black Coast of Palmer Land, beside th ...

to the south and Cape Bryant to the north on Kvinge Peninsula. To the west, Gain Glacier northeast flows to the sea past Singleton Nunatak and Marshall Peak. It is joined by Murrish Glacier from the left (west), which in turn is joined by Guard Glacier. Features to the west include Neshyba Peak, Stockton Peak and Abendroth Peak.

Mapping and name

The Kvinge Peninsula was mapped by the

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(USGS) in 1974. It was named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for Thor Kvinge, a Norwegian oceanographer from the

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. Kvinge was a member of the

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, 1968, 1969 and 1970.

Glaciers

Kauffman Glacier

. Broad, smooth glacier, long, flowing eastward into the head of Palmer Inlet. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas A. Kauffman,

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(USARP) biologist and Station Scientific Leader at

Palmer Station Palmer Station is a United States research station in Antarctica located on Anvers island (aka Antwerp Island), the only U.S. station on the continent located north of the Antarctic Circle. The first Palmer was built in 1965, but the current sit ...

in 1973.

Gain Glacier

. A large glacier flowing northeast from Cat Ridge and entering the Weddell Sea between Imshaug Peninsula and Morency Island. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Louis Gain, naturalist on the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908-10, author of several of the expedition reports on zoology and botany.

Cat Ridge

. A ridge in the middle of Gain Glacier. A descriptive name applied by US-ACAN. When viewed from northeastward, the limbs of the ridge are suggestive of a sprawling cat.

Murrish Glacier

. A glacier about long. It drains east-northeast, to the north of Stockton Peak and Abendroth Peak, and merges with the north side of Gain Glacier before the latter enters Weddell Sea opposite Morency Island. Named by US-ACAN for David E. Murrish, USARP biologist, party leader for the study of peripheral vascular control mechanisms in birds in the Antarctic Peninsula region for three seasons, 1972-75.

Guard Glacier

. A broad tributary glacier that drains east along the south margin of

Parmelee Massif Lehrke Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet, wide, which recedes southwest for between Cape Boggs and Cape Sharbonneau, along the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location The Lehrke Inlet of the Weddell Sea is on the east coast of Palmer L ...

to join Murrish Glacier, on the east side of Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Charles L. Guard, USARP biologist who (with David E. Murrish) made investigations of peripheral vascular control mechanisms in birds in the Antarctic Peninsula region for three seasons, 1972-75.

Eastern features

Singleton Nunatak

. A nunatak located directly west of the head of Kauffman Glacier. Named by the

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(UK-APC) after David G. Singleton,

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(BAS) geologist who worked in the general vicinity of this feature.

Palmer Inlet

. An ice-filled inlet long, lying between Cape Bryant and Cape Musselman. Essentially rectangular in shape, it is bordered by almost vertical cliffs. Discovered by members of

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of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named for Robert Palmer, assistant to the meteorologist at the East Base.

Cape Musselman

Cape forming the south side of the entrance to Palmer Inlet. Discovered by members of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air from East Base in 1940. Named for Lytton C. Musselman, member of the East Base party which sledged across

Dyer Plateau Dyer Plateau () is a broad ice-covered upland of north-central Palmer Land, bounded to the north by Fleming Glacier and Bingham Glacier, and to the south by the Gutenko Mountains. It is buttressed by Goettel Escarpment. History The plateau was ...

to the vicinity of Mount Jackson, which stands inland from this cape.

Cape Bryant

. High, snow-covered cape forming the north side of the entrance to Palmer Inlet. Discovered by members of East Base of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named by the USAS for Herwil M. Bryant of the

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, biologist with the East Base party.

Morency Island

. An island long, lying close west of Steele Island and northwest of Cape Bryant. Discovered by members of the East Base of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named for Anthony J.L. Morency, tractor driver for the East Base.

Steele Island

. A snow-covered island, long from east to west and wide, rising above the

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, southeast of

Cape Sharbonneau Lehrke Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet, wide, which recedes southwest for between Cape Boggs and Cape Sharbonneau, along the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location The Lehrke Inlet of the Weddell Sea is on the east coast of Palmer L ...

. The steeply-sloping sides of the island are crevassed, but no rock is exposed. Discovered by members of

of the USAS in 1940. Named for Clarence E. Steele, tractor driver for the East Base.

Western features

Marshall Peak

. A peak, high, which is ice covered except for its rocky northeast side, standing northwest of the head of Palmer Inlet. This coast was first explored in 1940 by members of the USAS, but the peak was first charted by a joint party consisting of members of the

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(RARE) and

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(FIDS) in 1947. Named by the FIDS for Norman B. Marshall, zoologist at the FIDS Hope Bay base in 1945-46.

Neshyba Peak

. A small, sharp peak, mostly snow covered, surmounting the north part of a complex ridge east-northeast of Mount Jackson. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Stephen Neshyba, USARP oceanographer who studied the laminar structure of the bottom water in the Antarctic Peninsula area, 1972-73.

Stockton Peak

. A sharp, mostly ice-covered peak along the south side of the upper part of Murrish Glacier, west-northwest of Cat Ridge. Named by US-ACAN for William L. Stockton, USARP biologist at Palmer Station in 1972.

Abendroth Peak

. A peak northeast of Stockton Peak on the divide between the Murrish Glacier and Gain Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Ernst K. Abendroth, USARP biologist at Palmer Station in 1968.

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