Eroica Peninsula

The Eroica Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula extending from the north of the Beethoven Peninsula by the Mendelssohn Inlet on the west side of Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory. It is one of the eight named peninsulas of Alexander Island.

The tip of the peninsula is Kosar Point, marking the western extremity of the Eroica Peninsula. It was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, and from survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948–50.

This feature was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in association with its parent landform, the Beethoven Peninsula: it is named from Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica. It is one of several peninsulas and features in the south of the island which have been named after composers or their works.

See also

• Derocher Peninsula
• Harris Peninsula
• Shostakovich Peninsula

Location

• Location map: 71°10’60"S, 72°30’0"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Eroica Peninsula