帕尔默地是南极半岛的一部分，北面是葛拉汉地，该地区在公元1820年左右发现，英国、阿根廷和智利均宣称拥有该地区的主权。

Palmer Land (71°30′S 065°00′W / 71.500°S 65.000°W / -71.500; -65.000) is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica, and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for the northern and southern portions, respectively.