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20: 810: 200:, 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide and indenting 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) between Longridge Head and Cape Saenz. It was first roughly surveyed in 1936 by BGLE personnel, then resurveyed in 1948 by FIDS, who named it for an unidentified whistling sound heard there at the time of the survey. 195:
Continuing south along the west coast, the next notable feature is Longridge Head, which forms the north side of Whistling Bay and marks the south end of a small coastal ridge which extends 3 nautical miles (6 km) northward along the peninsula. The descriptive name was applied by FIDS personnel
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Farther east, just before Arrowsmith Peninsula joins the main coast, rocky Chertigrad Point marks the west side of the entrance to Blind Bay, the northeast extremity and head of
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Various features along the coast of Arrowsmith Peninsula have been charted and named. The peninsula and many of its features were first seen and roughly surveyed in 1909 by the
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Sediment Trap Records of Glacimarine Sedimentation at Müller Ice Shelf, Lallemand Fjord, Antarctic Peninsula
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Shmidt Point marks the north extremity of Arrowsmith Peninsula. It was sketched from the air in 1937 by the
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Langmuir Cove indents the north end of the peninsula, just to the west of Shmidt Point. It was named for
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The southernmost extremity of the peninsula is Cape Saenz, which was named by Charcot for
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Robert Gilbert, Åsa Chong, Robert B. Dunbar & Eugene W. Domack (2003),
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Location of Arrowsmith Peninsula on Graham Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.
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who surveyed the headland in 1948. Whistling Bay is an open
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about 40 miles (64 km) long on the west coast of
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at Leningrad and leader of many Arctic expeditions.
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Shumskiy 143:Arctic Institute 125:Northern portion 99:Falkland Islands 60: 59: 57: 56: 55: 54:-67.250; -67.250 50: 46: 43: 42: 41: 38: 854: 853: 849: 848: 847: 845: 844: 843: 824: 823: 809: 772:Damien Gildea, 769: 767:Further reading 764: 763: 754: 752: 743: 742: 738: 729: 727: 713: 712: 708: 699: 697: 688: 687: 683: 674: 672: 663: 662: 658: 649: 647: 640:"Whistling Bay" 638: 637: 633: 624: 622: 613: 612: 608: 599: 597: 588: 587: 583: 574: 572: 565:"Bagnold Point" 563: 562: 558: 549: 547: 540:"Shumskiy Cove" 538: 537: 533: 524: 522: 513: 512: 508: 499: 497: 490:"Langmuir Cove" 488: 487: 483: 474: 472: 463: 462: 458: 449: 447: 429: 428: 424: 419: 407: 402: 353: 348: 338:Richardson Peak 311:Mount St. Louis 295:Tanglefoot Peak 257: 237:Bourgeois Fjord 222:Bigourdan Fjord 206: 186:Mount St. Louis 170: 154:Detaille Island 150:Irving Langmuir 127: 107: 83:Bourgeois Fjord 79:Lallemand Fjord 53: 51: 47: 44: 39: 36: 34: 32: 31: 17: 12: 11: 5: 852: 850: 842: 841: 836: 826: 825: 806: 805: 796: 787: 778: 768: 765: 762: 761: 736: 706: 681: 656: 631: 606: 590:"Meier Valley" 581: 556: 531: 515:"Thorne Point" 506: 481: 465:"Shmidt Point" 456: 421: 420: 418: 415: 414: 413: 406: 403: 401: 400: 398:Vallot Glacier 395: 390: 385: 380: 375: 370: 365: 363:Avsyuk Glacier 360: 358:Antevs Glacier 354: 352: 349: 347: 346: 341: 340: 339: 336: 328: 326:Somers Nunatak 323: 318: 313: 308: 303: 298: 297: 296: 293: 290: 289:Mount Veynberg 285:Haslam Heights 282: 277: 276: 275: 272: 264: 258: 256: 253: 205: 202: 178:Gunnel Channel 169: 166: 126: 123: 106: 105:Named features 103: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 851: 840: 837: 835: 832: 831: 829: 822: 820: 816: 803: 802: 797: 794: 793: 788: 785: 784: 779: 777: 776: 771: 770: 766: 750: 746: 740: 737: 726: 722: 721: 716: 710: 707: 695: 691: 685: 682: 670: 666: 660: 657: 645: 641: 635: 632: 620: 616: 610: 607: 595: 591: 585: 582: 570: 566: 560: 557: 545: 541: 535: 532: 520: 516: 510: 507: 495: 491: 485: 482: 470: 466: 460: 457: 446: 442: 438: 437: 432: 426: 423: 416: 412: 411:Hinks Channel 409: 408: 404: 399: 396: 394: 391: 389: 386: 384: 381: 379: 376: 374: 371: 369: 366: 364: 361: 359: 356: 355: 350: 345: 342: 337: 334: 333: 332: 329: 327: 324: 322: 319: 317: 314: 312: 309: 307: 304: 302: 299: 294: 292:Moyes Nunatak 291: 288: 287: 286: 283: 281: 280:Gravier Peaks 278: 273: 271:Mount Lagally 270: 269: 268: 265: 263: 260: 259: 254: 252: 250: 246: 242: 238: 233: 231: 227: 223: 219: 218:Laubeuf Fjord 215: 211: 203: 201: 199: 193: 191: 190:Mark F. 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67°15′S 67°15′W / 67.250°S 67.250°W / -67.250; -67.250
cape
Graham Land
Forel Glacier
Sharp Glacier
Lallemand Fjord
Bourgeois Fjord
Hanusse Bay
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
Edwin Porter Arrowsmith
Falkland Islands
French Antarctic Expedition
Jean-Baptiste Charcot
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
British Graham Land Expedition
John Riddoch Rymill
Otto Schmidt
Arctic Institute
Irving Langmuir
Detaille Island
Petr A. Shumskiy
glaciologist
headland
Gunnel Channel
Ralph A. Bagnold
Mount St. Louis
Mark F. Meier
bay
Roque Sáenz Peña

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