Haydn Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet indenting the west coast of
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, Antarcti ...
,
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean (also known as the Antarctic Ocean), it contains the geographic South Pole. ...
, lying between
Mozart Ice Piedmont and
Handel Ice Piedmont
Handel Ice Piedmont () is a large ice piedmont lying north and west of the Colbert Mountains, between Haydn Inlet and Schubert Inlet on the west-central coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Apparently first seen from the air by the United States ...
.
Schubert Inlet lies to the south and the
Lassus Mountains are immediately north. Haydn Inlet is long and wide at the mouth, narrowing toward the head. It was first seen from the air and roughly mapped by the
United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41. It was resighted from the air and photographed by the
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.
Background
Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored exp ...
, 1947–48, and remapped from these photos by
D. Searle of the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies
The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the v ...
in 1960. The inlet was named by the
UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) an ...
for
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...
, the Austrian composer.
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See also
* Fauré Inlet
* Verdi Inlet
* Weber Inlet
Further reading
* Defense Mapping Agency 1992,
Sailing Directions (planning Guide) and (enroute) for Antarctica
', P 379
References
Inlets of Alexander Island
Joseph Haydn
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