Whitmer Peninsula

The Whitmer Peninsula is a broad ice-capped peninsula, about 7 nautical miles long and wide, between Cheetham Ice Tongue and Harbord Glacier Tongue on the coast of , Antarctica.
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Whitmer Peninsula

Latitude
-75.83333° or 75° 50′ south
Longitude
162.75° or 162° 45′ east
Named after
Lieutenant (junior grade) R.D. Whitmer
Open location code
2VP45Q82+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10574209193
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peninsula
Geo­Names ID
6628051
Wiki­data ID
Q2680551
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Whitmer Peninsula” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Whitmer Peninsula
  • Chinese: 惠特默半島
  • German: Whitmer-Halbinsel
  • Italian: Penisola Whitmer
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Whitmer Peninsula
  • Swedish: Whitmer Peninsula

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Notable Places Nearby

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