Shostakovich Peninsula is an ice-covered

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lying north of Stravinsky Inlet and extending into

Bach Ice Shelf The Bach Ice Shelf () is an ice shelf which is irregular in shape and in extent, occupying an embayment in the south part of Alexander Island entered between Berlioz Point and Rossini Point. The ice shelf supports the south face of the Beetho ...

in southern

Alexander Island Alexander Island, which is also known as Alexander I Island, Alexander I Land, Alexander Land, Alexander I Archipelago, and Zemlja Alexandra I, is the largest island of Antarctica. It lies in the Bellingshausen Sea west of Palmer Land, Antarcti ...

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. The peninsula was first mapped by

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from

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imagery of Antarctica supplied by

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in cooperation with

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. Named by

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after

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer. Shostak ...

, Russian

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(1906–1975). Shostakovich Peninsula is one of the eight peninsulas of Alexander Island.

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Peninsulas of Alexander Island

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