Purcell Snowfield () is a snowfield, 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, lying between the east portion of the
Colbert Mountains and the west side of the
Douglas Range
The Douglas Range () is a sharp-crested range, with peaks rising to 3,000 metres, extending 120 km (75 mi) in a northwest–southeast direction from Mount Nicholas to Mount Edred and forming a steep east escarpment of Alexander Island ...
in the central part of
Alexander Island,
Antarctica. The feature was mapped from air photos taken 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 ...
(RARE), 1947–48, by Searle of the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. The snowfield was named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer.
Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest E ...
(1659–1695), English
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
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Snow fields of Antarctica
Bodies of ice of Alexander Island
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