Schmidt Peninsula (Antarctica)
Schmidt Peninsula (63°19′S 57°54′W / 63.317°S 57.900°W) is a small peninsula connected by a low isthmus to Cape Legoupil, Trinity Peninsula. Its western extremity is Bahamonde Point.
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.
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- Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.
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