[1] Download coordinates as: The Merz Peninsula is on the Black Coast of Palmer Land, beside the Weddell Sea to the east.

[2] The Merz Peninsula was discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS).

The peninsula was named by the FIDS for Alfred Merz (1880-1925), a noted oceanographer and the original leader of the German expedition in the Meteor, 1925–26.

A small ice-filled inlet indenting the east side of Merz Peninsula close south of Cape Darlington.

A point surmounted by two peaks, 295 and 395 metres (968 and 1,296 ft) high, marking the south side of the entrance to Schott Inlet.

So named by the FIDS because the two peaks are suggestive of a flagon tilted on its side when viewed from north or south.

Abrupt rock cape which rises to 320 metres (1,050 ft) high, marking the north side of the entrance to Wüst Inlet.

An ice-filled inlet, from 2 to 5 nautical miles (3.7 to 9.3 km; 2.3 to 5.8 mi) wide, indenting the east side of Merz Peninsula between Cape Christmas and Old Mans Head.

A group of mountains including Hjort Massif, rising to about 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) high to the west of Merz Peninsula.

[10] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.