Mozart Ice Piedmont

Mozart Ice Piedmont (70°0′S 71°0′W / 70°S 71°W / -70; -71) is an ice piedmont, 60 nautical miles (110 km) long in a NW-SE direction and 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide in its widest part, on the west coast of Alexander Island. Mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) in 1947, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), Austrian composer.

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This Alexander Island location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in popular culture Ice piedmonts of Palmer Land Landforms of Alexander Island Alexander Island geography stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Mozarthaus Vienna Mozart the music processor Look at other dictionaries: Piedmont (disambiguation) — A piedmont is a foothill, and piedmont has become a generic designation for foothill regions in geography.Places and things known as Piedmont include:Italy* Piedmont, a region of northwestern Italy ** The historical Kingdom of Piedmont Sardinia,… …   Wikipedia Haffner Pass — (coord|69|47|S|71|22|W|) is a pass running NE SW and rising to about 500 m between Gilbert Glacier and Mozart Ice Piedmont, north Alexander Island. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1975 77. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names …   Wikipedia Prague Spur — (coord|70|1|S|70|20|W|) is a rock spur rising to about 500 m between Puccini Spur and Finlandia Foothills, at the east end of Mozart Ice Piedmont, Alexander Island. Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947 48 …   Wikipedia Sibelius Glacier — (coord|69|55|S|70|5|W|type:glacier region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a glacier, 12 miles (19 km) long and 6 miles (10 km) wide, flowing south into Mozart Ice Piedmont 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Mount Stephenson in the north part of Alexander… …   Wikipedia Debussy Heights — is a heights which rise to 1,300 m (at Ravel Peak) east of Mozart Ice Piedmont in the north part of Alexander Island. First mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947 48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands …   Wikipedia Puccini Spur — (coord|70|3|S|70|38|W|) is a rock spur, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, extending southwest into Mozart Ice Piedmont close south of Mahler Spur in the north part of Alexander Island. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the British Graham …   Wikipedia Mahler Spur — (69°48′S 70°52′W / 69.8°S 70.867°W / 69.8; 70.867) is a rock spur, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, extending west into Mozart Ice Piedmont 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of the south end of …   Wikipedia Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium List of foods named after people — This is a list of food items named after people. :For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym. :For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of eponyms.A* Fillet of Beef Prince Albert – Queen Victoria s Consort Prince… …   Wikipedia Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …   Universalium 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”