Boccherini Inlet
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 Topographic map of the Beethoven Peninsula (1: 250,000) with the Boccherini Inlet (bottom right) |
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| Waters | Bach Inlet | |
| Land mass | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 47 ′ S , 72 ° 17 ′ W | |
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| width | 25.5 km | |
| depth | 29 km | |
| Tributaries | Aljabjew Glacier , Arensky Glacier | |
The Boccherini Inlet is an ice-covered bay on the south coast of the Beethoven Peninsula on the West Antarctic Alexander Island . It is a side bay of the Bach Inlet and forms the northern boundary of the Bach Ice Shelf .
The British geographer Derek Searle from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped the bay in 1960 using aerial photographs taken by the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the Italian composer Luigi Boccherini (1724-1805).
Web links
- Boccherini Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Boccherini Inlet on geographic.org (English)