Keller Peninsula is a high
peninsula
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separating
Mackellar Inlet Mackellar Inlet () is an inlet forming the northwestern head of Admiralty Bay, at King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was probably named by the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot
Jean-Baptiste-Étie ...
and
Martel Inlet
Martel Inlet () is an inlet forming the northeast head of Admiralty Bay (South Shetland Islands), Admiralty Bay, King George Island (South Shetland Islands), King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica. The inlet and most of i ...
in
Admiralty Bay, on
King George Island, in the
South Shetland Islands of
Antarctica. The name Keller was applied by the
French Antarctic Expedition under
Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who charted Admiralty Bay in December 1909.
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Station G
Keller Peninsula was the location of the British research Station G. The first hut was built on January 18, 1947 and a second was constructed on February 14, 1948 and moved to Signy Island in 1950. A hut, known as Sparrow House, was built on January 28, 1949 and a third was established on January 6, 1956. The researchers had the tasks of the searching in the fields of meteorology, glaciology and geology. The station was inhabited in the austral summer 1947 and from January 1948 to January 19, 1961. The buildings were demolished from July 1995 to February 1996 by members of the Brazilian Antarctic Expedition of the nearby Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station. Station G
''British Antarctic Survey''
See also
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List of Antarctic research stations
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List of Antarctic field camps
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Crime in Antarctica
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Plaza Point Plaza Point is a point forming the south tip of Keller Peninsula, which separates Mackellar and Martel Inlets in the north part of Admiralty Bay (South Shetland Islands), Admiralty Bay, on King George Island (Antarctica), King George Island, in the ...
References
Peninsulas of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
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