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Whitmer Family
Whitmer may refer to: *Whitmer Peninsula, a peninsula on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica *Whitmer High School, in Toledo, Ohio, United States *Whitmer, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States People with the surname *B. J. Whitmer (born 1978), American professional wrestler *Chandler Whitmer (born 1991), American football player and coach *Christian Whitmer (1798–1835), son of Peter Whitmer, Sr. and Mary Musselman *Dan Whitmer (born 1955), professional baseball player and coach *David Whitmer (1805–1888), early adherent of the Latter Day Saint movement, Witness to the Book of Mormon's golden plates *Gretchen Whitmer (born 1971), Governor of Michigan *Jacob Whitmer (1800–1856), son of Peter Whitmer, Sr. and Mary Musselman *John Whitmer (1802–1878), early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement *Mary Mussleman Whitmer (1778–1856), Book of Mormon witness and the wife of Peter Whitmer, Sr. *Peter Whitmer Sr. (1773–185 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitmer Peninsula
The Whitmer Peninsula () is a broad ice-capped peninsula, about long and wide, between Cheetham Ice Tongue and Harbord Glacier Tongue on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Location The Whitmer Peninsula is on the west coast of the Ross Sea. Kohler Head is on its northeast coast. It is south of the Cheetham Ice Tongue and Lamplugh Island, east of the Davis Glacier and north of the Harbord Glacier, which flows between Starr Nunatak and Varney Nunatak into the sea, where it forms the Harbord Glacier Tongue. Exploration and naming The Whitmer Peninsula was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1957–62. It was named by the United States 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 United States Naval Construction Battalion units during Operation Deep Freeze, Deep Freeze 1966 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
