Derocher Peninsula

Derocher Peninsula is a snow-covered peninsula between Brahms Inlet and Mendelssohn Inlet on the north side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory. It is one of the eight named peninsulas of Alexander Island.

The peninsula was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1960.

The name was given the United States' Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Commander Paul J. Derocher, U.S. Navy, Commanding Officer, Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6), May 1985 to May 1986.

See also

• Eroica Peninsula
• Harris Peninsula
• Pesce Peninsula

Location

• Location map: 71°25’0"S, 73°19’60"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Derocher Peninsula