Monteverdi Peninsula

Monteverdi Peninsula (

72°30′S 72°0′W / 72.500°S 72.000°W / -72.500; -72.000Coordinates: 72°30′S 72°0′W / 72.500°S 72.000°W / -72.500; -72.000) is a large ice-covered peninsula lying between the Bach Ice Shelf and George VI Sound, forming the southernmost extremity of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The southern side of the feature was first seen and charted by Finn Ronne and Carl Eklund of the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41, who traversed the entire length of George VI Sound. The peninsula was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947–48, and from survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948–50. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi.^[1]

The north side of the peninsula is surrounded by the Bach Ice Shelf, a large ice shelf that separates it from Beethoven Peninsula. Fauré Inlet is the only inlet that indents the south side of the peninsula, and is filled with flowing from the adjacent George VI Ice Shelf and George VI Sound. Monteverdi Peninsula extends due east–west mainly because there are no peninsulas protruding out of either the north nor the south sides of this peninsula. Monteverdi Peninsula is one of the eight peninsulas of Alexander Island.

Further reading[]

• International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences 5th : 1987, Geological Evolution of Antarctica, Cambridge, England, P 528
• A. J. Cook and D. G. Vaughan, Overview of areal changes of the ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula over the past 50 year, The Cryosphere, 4, 77–98, 2010 www.the-cryosphere.net/4/77/2010/
• Garetti J. Marshall, John Turner, William D. Miners, Interpreting recent accumulation records through an understanding of the regional synoptic climatology: an example from the southern Antarctic Peninsula, Annals of Glaciology, Volume 27 1998, pp. 610–616, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3189/1998AoG27-1-610-616

External links[]

• Monteverdi Peninsula on USGS website
• Monteverdi Peninsula on AADC website
• Monteverdi Peninsula on SCAR website
• Monteverdi Peninsula area map
• Monteverdi Peninsula on marineregions.org
• Current weather at Monteverdi Peninsula
  • Long term updated weather forecast for Monteverdi Peninsula
  • Historical weather data for Monteverdi Peninsula

References[]

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