# Wright Peninsula > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wright_Peninsula > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wright_Peninsula.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Peninsula > Source revision: 1242466250 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Peninsula in Antarctica [Sighing Peak](/source/Sighing_Peak) (in front) and the [Stokes Peaks](/source/Stokes_Peaks) behind it form the northern fringe of the Wright Peninsula. On the right is [Stonehouse Bay](/source/Stonehouse_Bay). Click on the picture for a description of the other geographical features. Viewing direction is toward the west. The Wormald Ice Piedmont covers large parts of the Wright Peninsula, and terminates in high ice cliffs on [Laubeuf Fjord](/source/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](/source/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** ([67°28′S 68°10′W / 67.467°S 68.167°W / -67.467; -68.167](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wright_Peninsula¶ms=67_28_S_68_10_W_)) is a [peninsula](/source/Peninsula) on the east coast of [Adelaide Island](/source/Adelaide_Island), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica), lying between [Stonehouse Bay](/source/Stonehouse_Bay) to the north and [Ryder Bay](/source/Ryder_Bay) to the south.[1] On its northern coastline the peninsula is fringed by the [Stokes Peaks](/source/Stokes_Peaks); on its southern side by the [Reptile Ridge](/source/Reptile_Ridge). The [Princess Royal Range](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Princess_Royal_Range&action=edit&redlink=1) separates the peninsula from the rest of Adelaide Island; the only 'gap' is provided by [McCallum Pass](/source/McCallum_Pass).[2] Its eastern coastline on [Laubeuf Fjord](/source/Laubeuf_Fjord) is formed by the [Wormald Ice Piedmont](/source/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](/source/Rothera_Point) at the southern tip of the peninsula, where the British [Rothera Research Station](/source/Rothera_Research_Station) is situated. The other is at tiny [Mackay Point](/source/Mackay_Point). Just off the piedmont is [Webb Island](/source/Webb_Island). Both the peninsula and the [ice piedmont](/source/Ice_piedmont) were surveyed by the [Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey](/source/Falkland_Islands_Dependencies_Survey) (FIDS) in 1961–62, and by the [British Antarctic Survey](/source/British_Antarctic_Survey) (BAS) from 1976. Since 1985, there is a small [specially protected area](/source/Antarctic_Specially_Protected_Areas) at Rothera Point of 0.1 km2.[3] Prior to 1964, the peninsula was called "Square Peninsula" for its somewhat rectangular shape.[4] It was re-named by the [United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee](/source/United_Kingdom_Antarctic_Place-Names_Committee) (UK-APC) in 1964 for [British Antarctic Survey](/source/British_Antarctic_Survey) surveyor Alan F. Wright.[1] The piedmont was named by UK-APC in 1977 after [Steven Wormald](/source/Steven_Wormald), a prominent former BAS staff member.[5] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gnis-WP_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gnis-WP_1-1) ["Wright Peninsula"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:16814). *Geographic Names Information System*. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-05-11. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** 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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** See: [http://cep.ats.aq/cep/apa/aspa/sites/aspa129/summary.html](http://cep.ats.aq/cep/apa/aspa/sites/aspa129/summary.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** 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](http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/documents/bas_bulletins/bulletin06_07.pdf) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-gnis-WIP_5-0)** ["Wormald Ice Piedmont"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:16794). *Geographic Names Information System*. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-05-11. v t e Adelaide Island Stations and bases Rothera Research Station Teniente Luis Carvajal Villaroel Antarctic Base Hills, peaks, and nunatuks Mount Barre Mount Bodys Mount Bouvier Bond Nunatak Dewar Nunatak Mount Ditte Mount Gaudry Hunt Peak Lincoln Nunatak Mount Liotard Mount Machatschek Mount Mangin Mount Reeves Sighing Peak Stokes Peaks Mount Velain Visser Hill Glaciers Horton Glacier Hurley Glacier Shambles Glacier Sheldon Glacier Sloman Glacier Turner Glacier Other inland features Back Cirque Blümcke Knoll Buchia Buttress Fletcher Bluff McCallum Pass Milestone Bluff Reptile Ridge Stork Ridge Window Buttress Wright Peninsula Coastal features Adelaide Anchorage Fuchs Ice Piedmont Hanusse Bay Laubeuf Fjord Marguerite Bay Ryder Bay Stonehouse Bay Wormald Ice Piedmont Off-shore Islands Amiot Islands Anchorage Island Avian Island Brockhamp Islands Chatos Islands Cono Island Dion Islands Embassy Islands Esplin Islands Ginger Islands Guébriant Islands Henkes Islands Jenny Island Killingbeck Island Kirsty Island Koechlin Island Lagoon Island Léonie Island Léonie Islands Limpet Island Mikkelsen Islands Rigsby Islands Rocca Islands Sillard Islands Solitario Island Sorge Island Steinemann Island Ward Islands Webb Island Reefs and banks Box Reef Consul Reef Cox Reef Cumbers Reef Ives Bank Jennings Reef Lord Bank Regent Reef Rocks Cavalier Rock Cenobite Rocks Envoy Rock Fitton Rock Fullastern Rock Glover Rocks Hibbert Rock Launch Rock League Rock Mission Rock Nueva Rock Outlaw Rock Patience Rocks Skeen Rocks Sorpresa Rock Straits Barlas Channel Buchanan Passage Cole Channel Crosse Passage Elliott Passage The Gullet Johnston Passage Matha Strait Quest Channel Tickle Channel Woodfield Channel This article incorporates [public domain material](https://www.usgs.gov/information-policies-and-instructions/copyrights-and-credits) from ["Wright Peninsula"](https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:16814). *[Geographic Names Information System](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System)*. 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