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The '''Thatcher Peninsula''' is a mountainous peninsula of [[South Georgia]], in middle of the northern coast, extending into [[Cumberland Bay]]. The peninsula separates Cumberland West Bay to the west from Cumberland East Bay and [[Moraine Fjord]] to the east. Its point is named [[Mai Point]], indented by the bay named [[Maiviken]]. The peninsula is bounded to the southwest and south by [[Lyell Glacier]] and [[Hamberg Glacier]]. | |||
[[King Edward Cove]] is on the east side of the peninsula, | [[King Edward Cove]] is on the east side of the peninsula, and is South Georgia's capital. Here also is [[Grytviken]], the main whaling station in the days of the Antarctic whale fishery, and today the site of a [[British Antarctic Survey]] station. | ||
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Mrs Thatcher was described by Sir Vivian Fuchs, chairman of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Antarctic Place Names Committee, as 'a major figure in the history of South Georgia', for her role in the Falklands War.<ref>'Peninsula on South Georgia to be named after Margaret Thatcher', ''The Times'' (15 June 1991).</ref> It was Margaret Thatcher who ordered the dispatch of the forces which liberated South Georgia and the Falkland Islands from Argentine occupation in 1982: | Mrs Thatcher was described by Sir Vivian Fuchs, chairman of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Antarctic Place Names Committee, as 'a major figure in the history of South Georgia', for her role in the Falklands War.<ref>'Peninsula on South Georgia to be named after Margaret Thatcher', ''The Times'' (15 June 1991).</ref> It was Margaret Thatcher who ordered the dispatch of the forces which liberated South Georgia and the Falkland Islands from Argentine occupation in 1982: | ||
<blockquote>'The geographical tribute appropriately encompasses the spot where the first troops from the Task Force landed in April 1982.'<ref name= | <blockquote>'The geographical tribute appropriately encompasses the spot where the first troops from the Task Force landed in April 1982.'<ref name=times>''The Times'' 15 June 1991</ref><ref>'Navy man puts name down for an island': Sam Lister in ''The Times'' 25 January 2002, p. 6</ref></blockquote> | ||
Mrs Thatcher was, according to friends, 'flattered and amused' by the honour.<ref name= | Mrs Thatcher was, according to friends, 'flattered and amused' by the honour.<ref name=times/> | ||
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*Location map: {{wmap|-54.2833333|-36.5333333}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:01, 12 September 2018
The Thatcher Peninsula is a mountainous peninsula of South Georgia, in middle of the northern coast, extending into Cumberland Bay. The peninsula separates Cumberland West Bay to the west from Cumberland East Bay and Moraine Fjord to the east. Its point is named Mai Point, indented by the bay named Maiviken. The peninsula is bounded to the southwest and south by Lyell Glacier and Hamberg Glacier.
King Edward Cove is on the east side of the peninsula, and is South Georgia's capital. Here also is Grytviken, the main whaling station in the days of the Antarctic whale fishery, and today the site of a British Antarctic Survey station.
Name
The Thatcher Peninsula is named after Margaret Thatcher, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. The name was allocated by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1991 at the suggestion of members of the Royal Geographical Society.
Mrs Thatcher was described by Sir Vivian Fuchs, chairman of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Antarctic Place Names Committee, as 'a major figure in the history of South Georgia', for her role in the Falklands War.[1] It was Margaret Thatcher who ordered the dispatch of the forces which liberated South Georgia and the Falkland Islands from Argentine occupation in 1982:
'The geographical tribute appropriately encompasses the spot where the first troops from the Task Force landed in April 1982.'[2][3]
Mrs Thatcher was, according to friends, 'flattered and amused' by the honour.[2]
Location
- Location map: 54°16’60"S, 36°31’60"W
References
Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Thatcher Peninsula