
Derocher Peninsula
(Beethoven Peninsula)
British Antarctic Territory
Location: 71° 23' 30" S 73° 23' 32" W
Snow-covered peninsula between Brahms Inlet and Mendelssohn Inlet, N side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947-48, and mapped from these photographs by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1960. Named by US-ACAN after Cdr. Paul J. Derocher, the United States Navy, Commanding Officer, Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6), 1985 - 1986.