Guesalaga Peninsula is a small, L-shaped, low-lying shingle covered peninsula on the east side of Discovery Bay,

Greenwich Island Greenwich Island (variant historical names ''Sartorius Island'', ''Berezina Island'') is an island long and from (average ) wide, lying between Robert Island and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Surface area . The name Greenwic ...

in the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

forming the northwest coast of

Iquique Cove Iquique Cove is a small, wide cove indenting for the east coast of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Iquique Cove is sheltered on the northwest by Guesalaga Peninsula, and the small ''González Island'' ...

and the north side of its entrance. The feature is projecting southwestwards and wide, with the narrow shingle ''Reyes Spit'' () extending southwestwards from its west extremity ''Reyes Point'' () into Discovery Bay. The Chilean Antarctic base

Arturo Prat Agustín Arturo Prat Chacón (; April 3, 1848 – May 21, 1879) was a Chilean lawyer and navy officer. He was killed in the Battle of Iquique, during the War of the Pacific. During his career, Prat had taken part in several naval engagements, ...

is situated on the peninsula. Guesalaga Peninsula is named after Captain Federico Guesalaga, leader of the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition in the frigate ''Iquique'' and the transport ship ''Angamos'' that established Arturo Prat Base, while Reyes Point and Reyes Spit are named after Navigation Second Sergeant Camilo who was in charge of navigation instruments in the ''Iquique''.

Location

The peninsula is centred at which is south-southwest of

Ash Point Ash Point is a rounded low ice-free point forming the southeast side of the entrance to Discovery Bay in the northeast of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of .L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livingst ...

, north-northeast of

Ferrer Point Ferrer Point is a point projecting 700 m into the south part of Discovery Bay, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of .L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and S ...

and southeast of Spark Point (Chilean mapping in 1951 and 1971, British in 1964 and 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009). Livingston-Island-Map-2010

Maps

* L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. * L.L. Ivanov
Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands
Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.

References

External links

SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
Landforms of Greenwich Island Peninsulas of the South Shetland Islands {{GreenwichIsland-geo-stub

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Maps

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