Verdi Inlet
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Verdi Inlet is an ice-filled inlet between Pesce Peninsula
and Harris Peninsula
, on the north side of Beethoven Peninsula
, Alexander Island
. Observed from the air and first roughly mapped by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE), 1947-48. Remapped from the RARE air photos by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Giuseppe Verdi
(1813–1901), Italian opera composer.
Pesce Peninsula
Pesce Peninsula is a broad snow-covered peninsula between Rameau Inlet and Verdi Inlet on the north side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947–48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of Falkland Islands...
and Harris Peninsula
Harris Peninsula
Harris Peninsula is a broad snow-covered peninsula surmounted by Mount Lee, between Verdi Inlet and Brahms Inlet on the north side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947–48, and mapped from these photographs by D. Searle of...
, on the north side of Beethoven Peninsula
Beethoven Peninsula
The Beethoven Peninsula is a deeply indented, ice-covered peninsula, long in a northeast-southwest direction and wide at its broadest part, forming the southwest part of Alexander Island, which lies off the southwestern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Mendelssohn Inlet, the Brahms Inlet...
, Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
. Observed from the air and first roughly mapped by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
(RARE), 1947-48. Remapped from the RARE air photos by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
(1813–1901), Italian opera composer.