Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Beethoven Peninsula (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Beethoven Peninsula (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Peninsula (8)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A deeply indented, ice-covered peninsula, 60 mi long in a NE-SW direction and 60 mi wide at its broadest part, forming the SW part of Alexander Island. First seen and photographed from the air in 1940 by USAS, which compiled the first rough map of SW Alexander Island. Resighted and photographed from the air by RARE, 1947-48, and remapped from RARE photos by Searle of FIDS in 1960. Named by UK-APC after Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer.
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