Barff Peninsula

It is 8 miles (13 km) long and extends northwest from Sörling Valley to Barff Point, its farthest extremity.

[2] The coastline of Barff Peninsula is irregular and marked by indented bays and coves, with headlands and points projecting out into the sea.

[9][10][11] The Skrap Skerries, a group of small islands and rocks, are situated off the coast just north of Rookery Bay.

It was originally called "Three Lakes Valley", but to avoid confusion with Three Lakes Valley on Signy Island, it was renamed by UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1988, after Stephen J. Martin, British Antarctic Survey Station Commander at Grytviken.

The South Georgia Survey (SGS) of 1951–1952 reported that this feature was known to whalers and sealers as Skomaker Hullet, because it was first entered in thick fog by a Norwegian gunner who had once been a cobbler.

It was charted in 1928 by a Norwegian expedition under Harald Horntvedt, then recharted in 1929 by DI personnel, who named the point for Walter Hume Long.

[20] Alsford is a small bay between Briggs Point and Cape George, charted by DI in 1929 and named after Stoker W.B.

[21] Reindeer Valley cuts southwest across the peninsula between the head of Godthul and Sandebugten in Cumberland East Bay.

[24] East-southeast of the cape is a rocky ridge called Nansen Reef, submerged to a depth of about 6 ft 7 in (2 m).

[29] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.