Palmer Peninsula

Palmer Peninsula

See Antarctic Peninsula.

Palmer Peninsula

n (Placename) the former name (until 1964) for the Antarctic Peninsula

Antarc′tic Penin′sula

n. a peninsula in Antarctica, S of South America. Compare Graham Land, Palmer Peninsula.

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Palmer Peninsula - a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South PacificAntarctic PeninsulaAntarctic continent, Antarctica - an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep; "Antarctica is twice the size of Australia"