The Spit (South Shetland Islands)
The Spit (61°29′S 55°30′W / 61.483°S 55.500°WCoordinates: 61°29′S 55°30′W / 61.483°S 55.500°W) is a shingle and boulder isthmus or spit, some 50 to 80 m long and 1 m above the level of high tide, connecting Furse Peninsula to the main part of Gibbs Island, South Shetland Islands in Antarctica.[1] It was charted by Discovery Investigations in January 1937 and named descriptively.[1]
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- ^ a b "The Spit". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
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