Derocher Peninsula

Derocher Peninsula

Derocher Peninsula (71°25′S 73°20′W / 71.417°S 73.333°W / -71.417; -73.333) is a snow-covered peninsula between Brahms Inlet and Mendelssohn Inlet on the north side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1960. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Commander Paul J. Derocher, U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer, Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6), May 1985 to May 1986.

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