Thatcher Peninsula

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Central South Georgia: Cumberland Bay; Thatcher Peninsula with King Edward Cove (Grytviken); Allardyce Range with the summit Mt. Paget (NASA imagery).

Thatcher Peninsula (54°17′S, 36°32′W) is a mountainous cove in north-central South Georgia terminating to the north in Mai Point, rising between Cumberland West Bay to the west, and Cumberland East Bay and Moraine Fjord to the east; bounded to the southwest and south by Lyell Glacier and Hamberg Glacier. King Edward Cove on the east side of the peninsula is the site of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Grytviken station and the disused whaling station of the same name. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1991, at the suggestion of members of the Royal Geographical Society, after Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister, 1979-1990, perhaps for her role in the Falklands War.

This article incorporates text from Thatcher Peninsula, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.

This South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.