Antarctic Peninsula

American  

noun

1. a peninsula in western Antarctica, south of South America.

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Antarctic Peninsula British  

noun

1. Former name (until 1964): Palmer Peninsula.  the largest peninsula of Antarctica, between the Weddell Sea and the Pacific: consists of Graham Land in the north and the Palmer Peninsula in the south

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Antarctic Peninsula

After returning to Ushuaia in Argentina on March 31 following a trip to the Antarctic Peninsula, the cruise north through the Atlantic Ocean began on April 1, according to tracking site MarineTraffic.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

A glacier on the Eastern Antarctic Peninsula has undergone the quickest ice loss documented in modern times, according to a major international study co-authored by Swansea University.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2025

“Even on the Antarctic Peninsula — this most extreme, remote and isolated ‘wilderness’ region — the landscape is changing, and these effects are visible from space.”

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024

As BBC News filmed with scientists in the Antarctic Peninsula, one whale used its four-metre-long fin to sweep a net of bubbles around its prey and trap them, known as "bubble-netting".

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2024

For the first three weeks of December, the pack was constantly on the move, but each time it edged toward the east, away from the Antarctic Peninsula and its outlying islands, Shackleton became anxious.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong