Schmidt Peninsula

Schmidt Peninsula (63°19′S 57°54′W) is a small peninsula connected by a low isthmus to Cape Legoupil, Trinity Peninsula. Its western extremity is Bahamonde Point.

Location of Trinity Peninsula.

The peninsula was named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947-48 for Captain Hugo Schmidt Prado, Chilean Army, the first commander of Base Bernardo O'Higgins established in 1948 on this peninsula.

Map
  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Schmidt Peninsula". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 


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