Rameau Ice Shelf
Coordinates: 71 ° 47 ′ S , 75 ° 8 ′ W
Topographic map sheet of the Beethoven Peninsula (1: 250,000) with the Rameau Inlet and the Rameau Ice Shelf inside (bottom left)
The Rameau Ice Shelf is an ice shelf in the southwest of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It is in the middle of the Rameau Inlet .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the ice shelf in connection with the inlet on December 8, 1977 after the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764).
Web links
- Rameau Ice Shelf in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- Rameau Ice Shelf on geographic.org