Snyder Peninsula

Snyder Peninsula (71°25′S 61°26′W) is a high, ice-covered peninsula on the south side of Lamplugh Inlet terminating in Cape Howard, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for R. Admiral Joseph E. Snyder, Jr., U.S. Navy, Antarctic project Officer for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development, 1967–69.

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


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