Verdi Inlet
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Verdi Inlet is an ice-filled inlet lying between Pesce Peninsula and Harris Peninsula, on the north side of the Beethoven Peninsula, in the southwest portion of Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory.
The inlet was observed from the air and first roughly mapped by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947-48. It was mapped from the RARE air photos by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960.
The inlet was named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), Italian opera composer. It is one of numerous features in the south of the island named after composers or their works.
See also
Location
- Location map: 71°36’36"S, 74°32’3"W
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Verdi Inlet
