King Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula, long and wide, lying south of
Thurston Island and forming the south side of
Peacock Sound, Antarctica. It projects from the continental ice sheet and trends west between the
Abbot Ice Shelf and
Cosgrove Ice Shelf to terminate at the
Amundsen Sea. The feature was photographed from the air by U.S. Navy
Operation Highjump, 1946–47, and was plotted from these photos as a long island, or possible peninsula. Photos taken by the U.S. Navy in 1966 show it is a peninsula.