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

The cruise north through the Atlantic Ocean from Argentina to Cape Verde followed an initial March 10-31 return trip from Ushuaia in Argentina to the Antarctic Peninsula.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

There is even the possibility that surging glaciers could emerge in new areas, such as the Antarctic Peninsula.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2026

“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

We’re aboard a 200-passenger tourist ship, with a team of wildlife scientists, on our way to the Antarctic Peninsula.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2024

They squeeze through Drake’s Passage, the gap between the tip of South America and the end of the Antarctic Peninsula, a distance of only 620 miles.

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