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Whitmer Peninsula (75°50′S 162°45′E) is a broad ice-capped peninsula, about 7 nautical miles (13 km) long and wide, between Cheetham Ice Tongue and Harbord Glacier Tongue on the coast of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1957–62. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) R.D. Whitmer, U.S. Navy, who wintered over at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, in 1956. He returned to Antarctica with U.S. Naval Construction Battalion units during Deep Freeze 1966 and 1967.

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

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Die Whitmer-Halbinsel ist eine eisbedeckte Halbinsel mit einer Fläche von rund 125 km² an der Scott-Küste des ostantarktischen Viktorialands. Sie liegt zwischen der Cheetham-Eiszunge im Norden und der Harbord-Gletscherzunge im Süden, die beiderseits ins Rossmeer münden.

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