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Palmer Peninsula

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Palmer Peninsula

Palmer Peninsula
n
(Placename) the former name (until 1964) for the Antarctic Peninsula
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Noun1.Palmer Peninsula - a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South AmericaPalmer Peninsula - a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific
Antarctic 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"


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The detachment supported the Antarctic Sea Ice Campaign 2004, flying missions in and around the Palmer Peninsula on the Antarctic continent.
 
 
 
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