Couperin Bay (72°8′S 74°22′W / 72.133°S 74.367°W) is a bay on the south coast of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island, between Perce Point and Berlioz Point. The bay was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, and was mapped from the photographs by D. Searle of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977 in association with the names of composers grouped in this area, after François Couperin, the French composer. Couperin Bay marks the westernmost bay of Alexander Island.
Further reading edit
- Jane G. Ferrigno, Alison J. Cook, Amy M. Mathie, Richard S. Williams, Jr., Charles Swithinbank, Kevin M. Foley, Adrian J. Fox, Janet W. Thomson, and Jörn Sievers, Coastal-Change and Glaciological Map of the Palmer Land Area, Antarctica: 1947–2009 , U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series Map I–2600–C, 1 map sheet, 28-p
External links edit
- Couperin Bay on USGS website
- Couperin Bay on AADC website
- Couperin Bay on SCAR website
- Couperin Bay on marineregions.org
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This article incorporates public domain material from "Couperin Bay". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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