Derocher Peninsula

Derocher Peninsula is a snow-covered peninsula between Brahms Inlet and Mendelssohn Inlet on the north side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic [Research Expedition], 1947–48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of the Falkland [Islands Dependencies Survey], 1960. It was named by the Advisory [Committee on Antarctic Names] after Commander Paul J. Derocher, U.S. Navy, commanding officer, Antarctic Development Squadron Six, May 1985 to May 1986. Derocher Peninsula is one of the eight peninsulas of Alexander Island.