🏞️ Fildes Peninsula

Antarctica · Antarctica · 62.20°S, 58.97°W

The Fildes Peninsula is a 7 km (4.3 mi) long peninsula that forms the south-western end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named from association with nearby Fildes Strait by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960; the strait was likely named for Robert Fildes, a British sealer of the 1800s.

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Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	62.20°S, 58.97°W · view on map

Fildes Peninsula is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

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