thumb|right|300px|The peninsula lies at the south-western end of King George Island and is the site of several [[Research stations in Antarctica|research stations.]]
thumb|right|300px|View of the peninsula from Maxwell Bay
thumb|right|300px|Uruguay's Artigas Bass on Maxwell Bay near the eastern end of the peninsula
The Fildes Peninsula is a long peninsula that forms the south-western end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named from association with nearby Fildes Strait by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960; the strait was likely named for Robert Fildes, a British sealer of the 1800s.
Description
The peninsula is the most extensively snow-free coastal area in summer on the island, most of which is permanently covered by ice. Its southeastern end is a point called Halfthree Point. It was charted and named by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1935. It is part of the Fildes Peninsula Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 125), designated as such because of its paleontological values.
See also
- Clement Hill
- Eddy Point
- Saunders Valley