 Shmidt Point marks the north extremity of Arrowsmith Peninsula.It was sketched from the air in 1937 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under John Riddoch Rymill and named in 1954 for Otto Schmidt, director of the Arctic Institute at Leningrad and leader of many Arctic expeditions.Langmuir Cove indents the north end of the peninsula, just to the west of Shmidt Point.