Lofgren Peninsula

	Lofgren Peninsula
	; Map of Thurston Island with that of the Lofgren Peninsula (right)
	Geographical location
Coordinates	72 ° 12 ′ S , 96 ° 4 ′ W Coordinates: 72 ° 12 ′ S , 96 ° 4 ′ W
location	Thurston Island , West Antarctica
Waters 1	Bellingshausen lake
Waters 2	Cadwalader Inlet
Waters 3	Morgan Inlet
length	35 km

The Lofgren Peninsula is a 35 km long and icy peninsula at the northeastern end of Thurston Island off the Eights coast of the west Antarctic Ellsworthlands , which ends in Cape Menzel seaward. It lies between the Cadwalader Inlet and the Morgan Inlet . In the north-central part of the Lofgren Peninsula, Mills Cliff rises . Halfway up the south coast is Walsh Knob , an icy hill.

The peninsula was discovered in February 1960 during helicopter flights by the USCGC Burton Island and the USS Glacier as part of the United States Navy research trip to the Bellingshausen Sea . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1960 after Charles Eric Lofgren (1893-1971), officer of the staff of the American Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928-1930).

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