Scarlatti Peak
| Scarlatti Peak | ||
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| height | 750 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 11 ′ 31 ″ S , 69 ° 35 ′ 31 ″ W | |
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The Scarlatti Peak is a 750 m high mountain in the center of Alexander Island off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises eight miles northwest of Holst Peak and 12 miles east of the Walton Mountains .
The British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it in 1960 using aerial photographs taken by the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1961 after the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725).
Web links
- Scarlatti peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Scarlatti Peak on geographic.org (English)