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Dvořák Ice Rise

Dvořák Ice Rise (71°21′S 72°46′W / 71.350°S 72.767°W / -71.350; -72.767) is an ice rise 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) in extent, rising above the ice of Mendelssohn Inlet in the southwest part of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was first mapped, from air photos taken by the , 1947–48, by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Antonín Dvořák, the Czech composer.[1] (1841-1904).

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  1. ^ "Dvořák Ice Rise". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Dvořák Ice Rise". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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