Beethoven Peninsula

The Beethoven Peninsula is a deeply indented, ice-covered peninsula, 60 miles (100 km) long in a northeast–southwest direction and 60 miles (100 km) wide at its broadest part, forming the southwest part of Alexander Island, which lies off the southwestern portion of the Antarctic Peninsula.The south side of the peninsula is supported by the Bach Ice Shelf whilst the north side of the peninsula is supported by the Wilkins Ice Shelf.The peninsula was first seen and photographed from the air in 1940 by the US Antarctic Service, which compiled the first rough map of southwest Alexander Island.It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music.This Alexander Island location article is a stub.
1:250,000 scale topographic map of the Beethoven Peninsula.
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