Britten Inlet

Britten Inlet (72°36′S 72°30′W / 72.600°S 72.500°WCoordinates: 72°36′S 72°30′W / 72.600°S 72.500°W) is an ice-filled inlet and the only inlet on Monteverdi Peninsula indenting the southwest side of the Peninsula, south Alexander Island, Antarctica. The inlet was delineated from U.S. Landsat imagery of January 1973. In association with the names of composers grouped in this area, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, 1977, after Edward Benjamin Britten, the British composer.

See also

• Weber Inlet
• Haydn Inlet
• Verdi Inlet

References

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