Corelli Horn

Corelli Horn

Corelli Horn (70°42′S 69°49′W / 70.7°S 69.817°W / -70.7; -69.817) is a prominent rocky pinnacle with a distinctive pointed summit, 1,000 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) west of the north end of LeMay Range in central Alexander Island. First mapped from air photos obtained by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713), Italian composer.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Corelli Horn" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).