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Schmidt Peninsula: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Schmidt Peninsula in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Schmidt Peninsula

Feature Class (see definition): Cape

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13391

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 63° 19' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 057° 54' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -63.3166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -57.9

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1964

Description (see definition): A small peninsula connected by a low isthmus to Cape Legoupil, Trinity Peninsula. 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.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Schmidt Peninsula in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Schmidt Peninsula information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Schmidt Peninsula should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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