Ferguslie Peninsula
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Ferguslie Peninsula is a peninsula
1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, lying between Browns Bay and Macdougal Bay
on the north coast of Laurie Island
, in the South Orkney Islands
. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
under Bruce, who named it for the residence of James Coats
, chief patron of the expedition.
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) long, lying between Browns Bay and Macdougal Bay
Macdougal Bay
Macdougal Bay is a small bay lying between Ferguslie and Watson Peninsulas on the north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, who named it for J. Macdougal, third mate of the expedition ship Scotia....
on the north coast of Laurie Island
Laurie Island
Laurie Island is an island in the Antarctic Circle, the second largest of the South Orkney Islands. The island is claimed by both Argentina as part of Argentine Antarctica, and the United Kingdom as part of the British Antarctic Territory...
, in the South Orkney Islands
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a group of islands in the Southern Ocean, about north-east of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. They have a total area of about ....
. Charted in 1903 by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition , 1902–04, was organised and led by William Speirs Bruce, a natural scientist and former medical student from the University of Edinburgh. Although overshadowed in prestige terms by Robert Falcon Scott's concurrent Discovery Expedition, the SNAE completed...
under Bruce, who named it for the residence of James Coats
James Coats
Lieutenant Colonel Sir James Stuart Coats, 3rd Baronet MC was a British skeleton racer who competed in the late 1940s. He finished seventh in the men's skeleton event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. He served as President of the St...
, chief patron of the expedition.