# Pesce Peninsula

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{{short description|Peninsula in Antarctica}}
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'''Pesce Peninsula''' ({{coord|71|41|S|74|57|W|display=inline,title}}) is a broad snow-covered [peninsula](/source/peninsula) lying between [Rameau Inlet](/source/Rameau_Inlet) and [Verdi Inlet](/source/Verdi_Inlet) on the north side of the [Beethoven Peninsula](/source/Beethoven_Peninsula), situated in the southwest portion of [Alexander Island](/source/Alexander_Island), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). [Dykeman Point](/source/Dykeman_Point) is the main and only headland on Pesce Peninsula marking the northern extremity of the peninsula. Photographed from the air by [Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition](/source/Ronne_Antarctic_Research_Expedition) (RARE), 1947–48, and mapped from these photographs by [D. Searle](/source/D._Searle) of [Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey) (FIDS), 1960. Named by [Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names](/source/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names) (US-ACAN) for Commander [Victor L. Pesce](/source/Victor_L._Pesce), [U.S. Navy](/source/U.S._Navy), [Commanding Officer](/source/Commanding_Officer), [U.S. Navy Antarctic Development Squadron Six](/source/U.S._Navy_Antarctic_Development_Squadron_Six) ([VXE-6](/source/VXE-6)), from May 1980 to May 1981. Pesce Peninsula is one of the eight peninsulas of Alexander Island.

== See also ==

* [Beethoven Peninsula](/source/Beethoven_Peninsula)
* [Harris Peninsula](/source/Harris_Peninsula)
* [Monteverdi Peninsula](/source/Monteverdi_Peninsula)

== Further reading ==
*  Jane G. Ferrigno, Alison J. Cook, Amy M. Mathie, Richard S. Williams, Jr., Charles Swithinbank, Kevin M. Foley, Adrian J. Fox, Janet W. Thomson, and Jörn Sievers, '' [https://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2600/C/pdf/mapI-2600-C_v4.pdf Coastal-Change and Glaciological Map of the Palmer Land Area, Antarctica: 1947–2009] '', U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series Map I–2600–C, 1 map sheet, 28-p

== External links ==

* [https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:11648 Pesce Peninsula] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602035832/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:0::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:11648 |date=2 June 2020 }} on [USGS](/source/USGS) website
* [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=130049 Pesce Peninsula] on [AADC](/source/Australian_Antarctic_Data_Centre) website
* [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/search_names_action.cfm?search_text=11141&feature_type_code=0&country_id=0&relic_options=include_relics&north=-45.0&south=-90.0&west=-180.0&east=180.0&search_near=&radius=0.5&gazetteers=SCAR Pesce Peninsula] on [SCAR](/source/Scientific_Committee_on_Antarctic_Research) website
* [http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=13828 Pesce Peninsula] on marineregions.org
* [https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/current/pesce-peninsula_antarctica_6623159 Current weather on Pesce Peninsula]
** [https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/14-days/pesce-peninsula_antarctica_6623159 Long term weather forecast for Pesce Peninsula]
** [https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/archive/yearcomparison/pesce-peninsula_antarctica_6623159 Pesce Peninsula historical weather data]

== References ==
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Category:Peninsulas of Alexander Island

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