Coppermine Peninsula is the 1.7 km long, 500 m wide and rising to 105 m rugged rocky promontory forming the northwest extremity of
Alfatar Peninsula and
Robert Island in the
South Shetland Islands,
Antarctica and lying between
English Strait to the west and
Carlota Cove to the east. It is linked to Alfatar Peninsula to the southeast by a narrow
isthmus bounded by Carlota Cove to the north and the 1 km wide and 460 m indenting
Coppermine Cove to the south. The feature is named in association with the adjacent Coppermine Cove, a descriptive name given by
sealers in about 1821 from the copper-coloured staining of the lavas and tuffs in the area.