title: Shults Peninsula
text: # Shults Peninsula
  
  Shults Peninsula (78°52′S 162°39′E﻿ / ﻿78.867°S 162.650°E﻿ / -78.867; 162.650) is a bold, mainly ice-covered peninsula, 10 miles (16 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide, at the east side of the mouth of Skelton Glacier to the south of Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Captain Roy G. Shults, U.S. Navy, Chief of Staff to the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1962 and 1963.
  
  