Everything about Edward Vii Peninsula totally explained
Edward VII Peninsula or
King Edward VII Land or
King Edward VII Peninsula or
Kong Edward VII Land or
König Edward VII Land is a large,
ice-covered
peninsula which forms the northwestern extremity of
Marie Byrd Land and projects into the
Ross Sea between
Sulzberger Bay and the northeast corner of the
Ross Ice Shelf. Edward VII Peninsula is defined by the
Ross Ice Shelf on the southwest,
Okuma Bay on the west, and to the east by
Sulzberger Bay and the
Saunders Coast, all essentially on the
Ross Sea /
Southern Ocean in
Antarctica. Edward VII Peninsula is located at .
The western coast is
Shirase Coast. In the north and east, Swinburne Ice Shelf is located.
Edward VII Peninsula was discovered on
January 30,
1902, by the
British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) (
1901-
1904) under
Robert Falcon Scott, who named it King Edward VII Land for
King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. The area was explored by the
Nimrod Expedition under
Ernest Shackleton in 1908-09.
The peninsular character of the region was determined by exploration conducted by the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition (
1933-
1935) and the
United States Antarctic Service (USAS) Expedition (
1939-
1941).
Most of the peninsula is within the
Ross Dependency, claimed by
New Zealand (see claims on
Antarctica).
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