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Eroica Peninsula: Antarctica
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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This page presents the geographical name data for Eroica Peninsula in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division

Feature Name (see definition): Eroica Peninsula

Feature Class (see definition): Cape

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 4575

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 11' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 072° 30' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.1833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.5

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1975

Description (see definition): An ice-covered peninsula lying N of Beethoven Peninsula and Mendelssohn Inlet in W Alexander Island. Mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, and from survey by Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948-50. Named by UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Beethoven's Eroica symphony (1804), in association with Beethoven Peninsula.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data

NOTE: The information regarding Eroica Peninsula in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Eroica Peninsula information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Eroica Peninsula should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.


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