Arms of the British Antarctic Territory

Beethoven Peninsula

(Alexander Island)

British Antarctic Territory

Location: 71° 43' 59" S 73° 40' 59" W
SW Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940 (Ronne, 1945, map p.14) and by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in December 1947 (Ronne, 1948b, map p.356); following map compilation from these photographs by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1959, named after Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer, in association with the names of other composers in this area. The peninsula was remapped from US LANDSAT imagery of January 1973 and its position adjusted.