Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Handel Ice Piedmont (RUS) | 70° 30' 00.0" S | 71° 00' 00.0" W | Piedmont |
Name ID: 118360 Place ID: 5952 | |||
Handel Ice Piedmont (GBR) | 70° 35' 00.0" S | 70° 50' 00.0" W | Piedmont |
Name ID: 109189
Place ID: 5952
between Haydn Inlet and Schubert Inlet, W Alexander Island, on E side of Wilkins Ice Shelf, was photographed from the air by RARE in December 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; in association with names of other composers in this area, named after George Frederick Handel (1685-1759), German composer ([in 70 20'S 71 00'W] APC, 1961, p.3; DOS 710 sheet 14, 1963; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of January 1975] APC, 1977, p.16; BAS 250P sheets SR 19-20/9, 1-DOS 1978 and 2-DOS 1982). Lednik Gendelya (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). |
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Handel Ice Piedmont (USA) | 70° 20' 00.0" S | 71° 00' 00.0" W | Piedmont |
Name ID: 126158
Place ID: 5952
Large ice piedmont lying N and W of Colbert Mountains, between Haydn and Schubert Inlets on the W-central coast of Alexander Island. Apparently first seen from the air by the USAS in 1940 but not separately mapped. First mapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by the UK-APC for George Frederick Handel (1685-1759), German composer. |
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