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Bookmark or Share- Palmer Station - NSF - National Science FoundationPalmer Station is located at 64°46' S, 64°03' W, on a protected harbor on the southwestern coast of Anvers Island off the Antarctica Peninsula. Palmer is the only U.S. Antarctic station north of the Antarctic Circle.
- Palmer Archipelago | Antarctic Peninsula, British Claim, Glaciers ...Palmer Archipelago, island group off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Gerlache and Bismarck straits. The archipelago, which includes the islands of Anvers (46 miles [74 km] long by 35 miles [56 km] wide), Liège, Brabant, and Wiencke, was discovered in.
- Anvers Island - Antarctic GuideThe sheltered coasts of Anvers Island are reliably good locations to find marine wildlife, and the tallest mountain in the peninsula, Mt Francais, (2,822 metres or 9,259 feet) is visible from many directions in good weather.
- Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Attractions - Lonely PlanetPalmer Station. Palmer was built in 1968 on the island’s southwest coast to honor American sealer Nathaniel B Palmer, who in 1820 was one of the first to see Antarctica.
- Anvers Island - Oceanwide ExpeditionsAnvers Island is the largest island in the Palmer Archipelago, which lies off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Spanning 61 km (38 miles) long, Anvers is located near Cormorant Island and designated by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area.
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