Lofgren Peninsula () is an ice-covered peninsula about long, projecting between

Cadwalader Inlet Thurston Island () is a largely ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long and wide, lying between Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. The island is separated from the mainlan ...

and

Morgan Inlet Thurston Island () is a largely ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long and wide, lying between Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. The island is separated from the main ...

on the northeast side of

Thurston Island Thurston Island () is a largely ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long and wide, lying between Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. The island is separated from the mainlan ...

, Antarctica.

Location

Lofren Peninsula is at the east end of Thurston Island between

to the north and

to the south. Cape Menzel is the northeast tip of the peninsula. Barrett Island is just east of the peninsula.

Mapping and name

Lofgren Peninsula was discovered in helicopter flights from the and the of the U.S. Navy

Bellingshausen Sea The Bellingshausen Sea is an area along the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula between 57°18'W and 102°20'W, west of Alexander Island, east of Cape Flying Fish on Thurston Island, and south of Peter I Island (there the southern ''Vostokkyste ...

Expedition in February 1960. It was named by the UNited States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) for Charles E. Lofgren, personnel officer with the

Byrd Antarctic Expedition Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an United States Navy, American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and e ...

, 1928–30.

Named features

Cape Menzel

. A bold rock cape marking the north extremity of otherwise icecovered Lofgren Peninsula, in the northeast part of Thurston Island. Discovered on helicopter flights from the USS ''Burton Island'' and ''Glacier'' by personnel of United States Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. Named by US-ACAN for Reinhard W. Menzel, geomagnetist-seismologist with the Eights Station winter party, 1965.

Barrett Island

. An ice-covered island about long, lying just within the north part of the mouth of Morgan Inlet. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-66. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant (j.g.) Barry B. Barrett, pilot of Squadron VX-6 on photographic flights during United States Navy OpDFrz 1964.

Walsh Knob

. A small but distinctive ice-covered elevation that rises midway along the south side of Lofgren Peninsula. The feature has a rounded appearance except for a cliff at the south side. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after R.W. Walsh, Photographer's Mate in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946-47.

Mills Cliff

. An isolated rock cliff in the north-central part of Lofgren Peninsula, Thurston Island. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Aviation Machinist's Mate William H. Mills, aircrewman in the Eastern Group of U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Highjump, which obtained aerial photographs of Thurston Island and adjacent coastal areas, 1946-47.

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