72°44′S 103°40′W
Waite Islands
King Peninsula (73°12′S 101°00′W) is an ice-covered peninsula, 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) long and 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) wide, lying south of Thurston Island and forming the south side of Peacock Sound, Antarctica.
Overview
King Peninsula (73°12′S 101°00′W) is an ice-covered peninsula, 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) long and 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) wide, lying south of Thurston Island and forming the south side of Peacock Sound, Antarctica. It projects from the continental ice sheet and trends west between the Abbot Ice Shelf and Cosgrove Ice Shelf to terminate at the Amundsen Sea.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands3
- Minor islands2
- Islets2
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
3
Unnamed island
- Area
- 1.6 km²
- High point
- 99 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.23 km²
- High point
- 46 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.22 km²
- High point
- 37 m
Minor islands
2
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.2 km²
- High point
- 36 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.11 km²
- High point
- 30 m
Islets
2
- Unnamed island21 m · 0.05 km²
- Unnamed island17 m · 0.04 km²
Figures
Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
km², log scale
| Unnamed island | 1.6 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.23 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.22 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.11 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.05 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.04 km² |