Mule Peninsula is an irregularly shaped rockypeninsula betweenEllis Fjord andKrok Fjord in the southern part of theVestfold Hills ofPrincess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica. It was mapped fromaerial photographs taken by theLars Christensen Expedition of 1936–37 and namedBreidnesmulen ("broad point snout") by Norwegian cartographers. Mule Peninsula is an adaptation of the original Norwegian name by theAntarctic Names Committee of Australia.
A site on the peninsula known as Marine Plain, lying some 10 km south-east ofDavis Station, is of exceptional scientific value because of its relevance to Antarctica'spalaeoclimatic andpalaeoecological record.Vertebratefossil fauna found in the area includesAustralodelphis mirus, aPliocenedolphin that is the first cetacean fossil recovered from the Antarctic margin of theSouthern Ocean that postdates the break-up ofGondwana. Other fossil cetaceans have also been found in the area, as well as a fish, a diverseinvertebrate fauna that includesmolluscs,gastropods, marinediatoms, and Antarctica's first Pliocenedecapod crustacean. The site is protected under theAntarctic Treaty System asAntarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.143.[1]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from"Mule Peninsula".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey. 
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