Tabarin Peninsula

[3] The Tabarin Peninsula was discovered and charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), 1901–1904, led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.

[1] Recently, more of the ground surface of the peninsula has become exposed by the melting of ice, and its geological structure is becoming clearer.

Rocks exposed above Duse Bay are Mesozoic marine sediments dipping gently to the southeast, and consisting of 60% coarse-grained conglomerates, 30% mudstones and 10% sandstones.

A well-defined valley glacier, flanked by lateral moraines, which terminates in a high vertical ice cliff at the head of Hope Bay, in the northeast end of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Discovered by the SwedAE, 1901-04, under Otto Nordenskjöld, and so named by him because, as seen from Antarctic Sound, it appeared to be a possible site for a depot.

Discovered on January 15, 1902, by the SwedAE under Otto Nordenskjöld, who named it in commemoration of the winter spent there by J. Gunnar Andersson, S.A. Duse, and Toralf Grunden of his expedition.

1864), Newfoundland boatswain of the ship Eagle, which participated in establishing the FIDS Hope Bay base in February 1945.

A rocky ridge, about 500 metres (1,600 ft) high, forming the northwest arm of horseshoe-shaped Mount Carroll.

It rises on the east side of Depot Glacier, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south of the head of Hope Bay.

The prominent northeastern peak of Mount Carroll, rising to 500 metres (1,600 ft) high, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southof the head of Hope Bay.

A small nunatak, 380 metres (1,250 ft) high, standing between Mount Carroll and The Pyramid, in the north part of Tabarin Peninsula.

Surveyed in 1955 by FIDS, who applied the descriptive name; saddlestone is an architectural term for the stone at the apex of a pediment or gable.

A col 345 metres (1,132 ft) high between Passes Peak and Summit Ridge, situated 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) south of the head of Hope Bay and 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) northeast of Duse Bay.

A small hill, 350 metres (1,150 ft) high, with a rock ridge at its crest and a cliff at its north side, standing 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south-southwest of Hope Bay and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of the northeast shore of Duse Bay on Tabarin Peninsula.

A round-topped hill, 445 metres (1,460 ft) high, with ice-free, talus-covered slopes, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) west of Trepassey Bay.

First charted by the FIDS in 1946, who so named it because small quantities of reddish mineral in the rock gave the surfaces a conspicuous color.

A hill with two summits, the higher 475 metres (1,558 ft) high, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of Duse Bay and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) southwest of Mineral Hill.

A narrow, curving rock ridge, 355 metres (1,165 ft) high, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of Trepassey Bay and 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) east of Ridge Peak.

An ice-capped, flat-topped mountain, 745 metres (2,444 ft) high, with a prominent cliff of reddish-brown volcanic rock on the north face, 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) south of Hope Bay on the east side of Tabarin Peninsula.

A distinctive ice-covered hill rising more than 300 metres (980 ft) high on the shore of Fridtjof Sound.

The name arises from the intensive geophysical work carried out in this part of Tabarin Peninsula by FIDS in 1959-60.

A flat-topped hill, 690 metres (2,260 ft) high, with steep rock cliffs on the west side, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of the most northern of the Seven Buttresses.

A nunatak, 350 metres (1,150 ft) high, which appears conical on its north side but has brown rock cliffs on its south face, lying 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south-southeast of Buttress Hill.

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

Trinity Peninsula on Antarctic Peninsula. Tabarin Peninsula east of the tip
Icebergs in Hope Bay , northern side of the peninsula
Depot Glacier, Hope Bay
Esperanza Base , Hope Bay, January, 2016
Brown Bluff as seen from Antarctic Sound
Gentoo penguins at Brown Bluff