Hurd Peninsula [SEP] continent
Hurd Peninsula
Hurd Peninsula lies between South Bay and False Bay on the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The Spanish Juan Carlos I Antarctic Base and the Bulgarian St. Kliment Ohridski Base are situated on its west coast.
The peninsula was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 for Captain Thomas Hurd, Royal Navy, the second Hydrographer to the British Admiralty, 1808–23, who instituted a regular system of nautical surveys, and under whose authority Lieutenant Edward Bransfield's 1820 survey
Hurd (disambiguation)
Hurd may refer to:
Places.
- Hurd Peninsula, in the South Shetland Islands
- Hurd's Deep, submarine valley in the English Channel
- Hurds Lake, Ontario
- Hurds Pond, see List of lakes in Maine
- Renfrew/Hurds Lake Water Aerodrome, also called Hurds Lake Water Aerodrome]], in Ontario, Canada
People.
- Hurd (surname)
Other uses.
- Hurd (band), a Mongolian heavy metal band