Harris Peninsula

Harris Peninsula is a broad snow-covered peninsula surmounted by Mount Lee, between Verdi Inlet and Brahms Inlet on the north side of the Beethoven Peninsula, located in the southwest portion of Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory.

The peninsula was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1960. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Michael J. Harris, U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer of Squadron VXE-6, from May 1982 to May 1983.

Harris Peninsula is one of eight peninsulas of Alexander Island.

Location

• Location map: 71°31’0"S, 74°5’60"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Harris Peninsula