Debussy Heights

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Debussy Heights (69°53′S, 71°23′W) is a heights which rise to 1,300 m (at Ravel Peak) east of Mozart Ice Piedmont in the north part of Alexander Island. First mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer.

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