The Briggs Peninsula () is a small peninsula forming the west side of
Inverleith Harbour on the northeast coast of
Anvers Island, in the
Palmer Archipelago. The northeast point of the peninsula was charted in 1927 by
DI personnel on the
RSS ''Discovery'', who named it Briggs Point for Able Seaman
A.C. Briggs, a member of the survey party. As air photos show no distinct point in this location, the name was applied to the entire peninsula by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ...
in 1959.
See also
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Gerlache Strait Geology
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Anvers Island Geology
References
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Peninsulas of Graham Land
Landforms of the Palmer Archipelago
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