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Keller Peninsula is a high peninsula separating Mackellar Inlet and Martel Inlet in Admiralty Bay, on King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The name Keller was applied by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who charted Admiralty Bay in December 1909.[1]

Station G

Keller Peninsula was the location of the British research Station G. The first hut was built on January 18, 1947 and a second was constructed on February 14, 1948 and moved to Signy Island in 1950. A hut, known as Sparrow House, was built on January 28, 1949 and a third was established on January 6, 1956. The researchers had the tasks of the searching in the fields of meteorology, glaciology and geology. The station was inhabited in the austral summer 1947 and from January 1948 to January 19, 1961. The buildings were demolished from July 1995 to February 1996 by members of the Brazilian Antarctic Expedition of the nearby Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.[2]

See also

• List of Antarctic research stations
• List of Antarctic field camps
• Crime in Antarctica
• Plaza Point

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Keller Peninsula". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

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[de] Keller-Halbinsel

Die Keller-Halbinsel (französisch Massif Keller, in Chile Cordillera Keller) ist eine bis zu 265 m hohe Halbinsel in der Admiralty Bay von King George Island im Archipel der Südlichen Shetlandinselnt. Sie trennt das Mackellar Inlet vom Martel Inlet.

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- [en] Keller Peninsula

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