PALMER PENINSULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Palmer Peninsula mean? 

• PALMER PENINSULA (noun)
  The noun PALMER PENINSULA has 1 sense:

1. a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific

  Familiarity information: PALMER PENINSULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALMER PENINSULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Peninsula

Instance hypernyms:

peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)

Holonyms ("Palmer Peninsula" is a part of...):

Antarctic continent; Antarctica (an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep)