Hurd Peninsula

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Peninsula between South Bay and False Bay on the S coast of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in 1961 for Capt. Thomas Hurd, RN, second Hydrographer to the British Admiralty, 1808-23, who instituted a regular system of nautical surveys, and under whose authority Lt. E. Bransfield's 1820 survey of the Bransfield Strait area was published in November 1822.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurd_Peninsula
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Coordinates:   62°40'28"S   60°22'42"W
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