Stravinsky Inlet () is an ice-covered inlet lying between

Shostakovich Peninsula Shostakovich Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula lying north of Stravinsky Inlet and extending into Bach Ice Shelf in southern Alexander Island, Antarctica. The peninsula was first mapped by Directorate of Overseas Surveys from satellite im ...

and

Monteverdi Peninsula Monteverdi Peninsula () is a large ice-covered peninsula lying between the Bach Ice Shelf and George VI Sound, forming the southernmost extremity of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The southern side of the feature was first seen and charted by Finn ...

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, Antarc ...

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. The inlet was first mapped by Directorate of

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from

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imagery supplied by U.S. National Aeronautics and

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in cooperation with

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. Named by

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after Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Russian-born composer who became a French citizen, ultimately a citizen of the

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