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[[File:Guest Peninsula Map.jpg|thumb|Map of the Guest Peninsula]] | [[File:Guest Peninsula Map.jpg|thumb|Map of the Guest Peninsula]] | ||
The '''Guest Peninsula''' is a snow-covered peninsula about 45 miles (70 km) long between the [[Sulzberger Ice Shelf]] and Block Bay, on [[Saunders Coast]] in the northwest part of [[Westarctica]]. | The '''Guest Peninsula''' is a snow-covered peninsula about 45 miles (70 km) long between the [[Sulzberger Ice Shelf]] and [[Block Bay]], on [[Saunders Coast]] in the northwest part of [[Westarctica]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
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As originally charted, the westernmost portion of what was then thought to be Guest Island was within the [[Ross Dependency]] claimed by New Zealand, but none of the peninsula is actually within the claimed sector. | As originally charted, the westernmost portion of what was then thought to be Guest Island was within the [[Ross Dependency]] claimed by New Zealand, but none of the peninsula is actually within the claimed sector. | ||
==Duke of Guest== | |||
On 11 March 2019, Lukas Brunner, an Australian-Westarctican citizen, was granted the [[Peerage of Westarctica|hereditary peerage]] title Duke of Guest, giving him rule over the entire peninsula from 146° west to 150° west. | |||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||