Phelps Promontory

Phelps Promontory (62°28′55″S 60°7′15″W / 62.48194°S 60.12083°W / -62.48194; -60.12083) is a large ice piedmont promontory forming the north extremity of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica north of Zhelyava Hill.

The promontory is fringed by several low-lying rocky headlands, and rises gently south to an altitude of about 180 m. Named after (Edmund) Malcolm Stuart Phelps (1928–2017), Master RRS John Biscoe, 1972-1991 (First Officer, 1966–72; Second Officer, 1964–66), who gave substantial assistance to Dr. J.L.

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Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island