Guest Peninsula
Antartida peninsula
The Guest Peninsula (76°18′S 148°00′W) is a snow-covered peninsula about 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) long between the Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay, in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.
Location
The Guest Peninsula extends westward into the Pacific Ocean from the Fosdick Mountains of the Ford Ranges in Marie Byrd Land.
The Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Marshall Archipelago are to the southwest.
The Crevasse Valley Glacier enters the ice shelf from the south of the peninsula.
Driscoll Island and Block Bay are to the northeast.
The Balchen Glacier enters Block Bay to the north of the peninsula.
The western part of the peninsula is devoid of named features.
Mitchell Peak and Davis Saddle are near the center of the peninsula.
The Birchall Peaks are east of this, including Maigetter Peak, Swarm Peak and Butcher Nunatak.
Features in the southeast of the peninsula include Mackey Rock, the Chester Mountains, Neptune Nunataks and Mount Corey.
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