{{Short description|Peninsula in Antarctica}} [[File:Antarctica (4), Adelaide Island, Stonehouse Bay.JPG|thumb|310px|right|[[Sighing Peak]] (in front) and the [[Stokes Peaks]] behind it form the northern fringe of the Wright Peninsula. On the right is [[Stonehouse Bay]]. Click on the picture for a description of the other geographical features. Viewing direction is toward the west.]][[File:Antarctica (3), Adelaide Island, Wormald Ice Piedmont.JPG|thumb|300px|right| The Wormald Ice Piedmont covers large parts of the Wright Peninsula, and terminates in high ice cliffs on [[Laubeuf Fjord]]. The nunatak in the centre of the picture has a height of 398 m. The mountains on the right form part of the [[Stokes Peaks]] and mark the northern edge of the ice piedmont. On the far left a melting pond can be seen on the ice. Viewing direction is toward the north-northwest.]]
'''Wright Peninsula''' ({{coord|67|28|S|68|10|W|display=inline,title}}) is a [[peninsula]] on the east coast of [[Adelaide Island]], [[Antarctica]], lying between [[Stonehouse Bay]] to the north and [[Ryder Bay]] to the south.<ref name="gnis-WP" /> On its northern coastline the peninsula is fringed by the [[Stokes Peaks]]; on its southern side by the [[Reptile Ridge]]. The [[Princess Royal Range]] separates the peninsula from the rest of Adelaide Island; the only 'gap' is provided by [[McCallum Pass]].<ref>Geographic data taken from British Antarctic Survey topographic map (Satellite Image Map) SQ 19-20/14 (Extended), Edition 1, 2010, Adelaide Island and Arrowsmith Peninsula, Scale 1:250.000</ref>
Its eastern coastline on [[Laubeuf Fjord]] is formed by the [[Wormald Ice Piedmont]], whose vertical ice cliffs are broken in only two places to provide for ice-free landing sites. One of these is at [[Rothera Point]] at the southern tip of the peninsula, where the British [[Rothera Research Station]] is situated. The other is at tiny [[Mackay Point]]. Just off the piedmont is [[Webb Island]].
Both the peninsula and the [[ice piedmont]] were surveyed by the [[Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey]] (FIDS) in 1961–62, and by the [[British Antarctic Survey]] (BAS) from 1976. Since 1985, there is a small [[Antarctic Specially Protected Areas|specially protected area]] at Rothera Point of 0.1 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>See: http://cep.ats.aq/cep/apa/aspa/sites/aspa129/summary.html</ref>
Prior to 1964, the peninsula was called "Square Peninsula" for its somewhat rectangular shape.<ref>Bryan, R. 1965. Observations on snow accumulation patterns at Adelaide Island. Brit. Antarc. Surv. Bull., 6, 51–62, page 51. At: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/documents/bas_bulletins/bulletin06_07.pdf</ref> It was re-named by the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee]] (UK-APC) in 1964 for [[British Antarctic Survey]] surveyor Alan F. Wright.<ref name="gnis-WP">{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 16814 | name = Wright Peninsula | access-date = 2020-05-11|links=off}}</ref> The piedmont was named by UK-APC in 1977 after [[Steven Wormald]], a prominent former BAS staff member.<ref name="gnis-WIP">{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 16794 | name = Wormald Ice Piedmont | access-date = 2020-05-11|links=off}}</ref>
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[[Category:Peninsulas of Graham Land]] [[Category:Landforms of Adelaide Island]]
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