What is Antarctic Peninsula?
[[File:Antarctica map indicating Antarctic Peninsula.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Where the Antarctic peninsula is found in Antarctica]] [[File:Ant-pen map.png|thumb|left|Close-up map of the peninsula]] The '''Antarctic Peninsula''' is the largest [[peninsula]] in [[Antarctica]]. The peninsula is the northernmost part of the [[mainland]] of Antarctica. It is 1300 [[Kilometre|km]] long and reaches from Cape Adams ([[Weddell Sea]]) and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands. The northern tip is about 1000 km (600 miles) from [[Tierra del Fuego]]. There are many research stations as well as multiple claims of [[sovereignty]] on the Antarctic Peninsula. Average temperatures on the peninsula have risen by nearly 2°[[Celsius|C]] in the past 50 years. This makes the Antarctic Peninsula one of the fastest warming places on [[Earth]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120822131212.htm|title=New Climate History Adds to Understanding of Recent Antarctic Peninsula Warming|publisher=[[Science Daily]]|access-date=11 February 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commonscat|Antarctic Peninsula}} {{Antarctica|state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Geography of Antarctica]] [[Category:Peninsulas]] {{geo-stub}}