[1] Download coordinates as: The Snyder Peninsula is on the Black Coast of Palmer Land, beside the Weddell Sea to the east.
Features to the west of Snyder Peninsula include, from northeast to southwest, Strømme Ridge, O'Sullivan Peak, Mount Vennun and Rowley Massif.
Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Rear Admiral Joseph E. Snyder, Jr., United States Navy, Antarctic project Officer for the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development, 1967–69.
Discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) who explored this coast from East Base by land and from the air in 1940.
Prominent, square-shaped rock cape forming the north side of the entrance to Lamplugh Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land.
The peak was photographed from the air by the USAS in December 1940, and was probably seen by the expedition's ground party that explored this coast.
Named by US-ACAN for Walter R. Vennum, geologist, a member of the USGS geological and mapping party to the Lassiter Coast, 1972-73.
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