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)
Berlioz Point (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Berlioz Point (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Point (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:
Snow-covered point on the S side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island, marking the NW entrance point to the embayment occupied by Bach Ice Shelf. The S part of Alexander Island was first roughly mapped by the USAS in 1940, but this point was not clearly identified. It was mapped from air photos obtained by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by UK-APC after Hector Berlioz (1803-69), French composer.
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