The Prince de Galles Peninsula ( , ) is a peninsula in the Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
It was named in 1776 by Captain James Cook in honor of the Prince of Wales, the future King George IV.Commission territoriale de toponymie, Territoire des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, Toponymie des Terres Australes, 1973, p. 280
Geography It located at the southeastern end of the much larger Courbet Peninsula and joined to it by a roughly wide isthmus in the northwest. The Prince de Galles Peninsula is elongated, stretching from east to west for . Its highest point rises to a height of above sea level. There are cliffs on the southern side, but the northern side is flat and gently sloping.Google Earth
See also Toponymy of the Kerguelen Islands
References
External links IPF - Logistics and implementation of science