Shmidt Point

Shmidt Point (66°55′S 67°2′W / 66.917°S 67.033°W / -66.917; -67.033Coordinates: 66°55′S 67°2′W / 66.917°S 67.033°W / -66.917; -67.033) is a point marking the north extremity of Arrowsmith Peninsula, which separates Hanusse Bay and Lallemand Fjord on the west coast of Graham Land. First seen and roughly surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot. It was sketched from the air in 1937 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. Named in 1954 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Professor Otto Schmidt, director of the Arctic Institute at Leningrad in 1930-32, head of the Chief Administration of the Northern Sea Route in 1932-39, and leader of many Arctic expeditions.

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