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