Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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| Haydn Inlet (GBR) | 70° 14' 00.0" S | 70° 30' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 109240
Place ID: 6133
forming E arm of Wilkins Sound (q.v.), E of Dorsey Island, W Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; in association with the names of other composers in this area, named after Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1808), Austrian composer ([in 70 13'S 70 45'W] APC, 1961, p.3; DOS 710 sheet 14, 1963; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of January 1973] APC, 1977, p.16; BAS 250P sheets SR 19-20/9, 1-DOS 1978 and 2-DOS 1980). |
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| Haydn Inlet (USA) | 70° 13' 00.0" S | 70° 45' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 126314
Place ID: 6133
Ice-filled inlet indenting the W coast of Alexander Island between Mozart and Handel Ice Piedmonts. It is 27 mi long and 12 mi wide at the mouth, narrowing toward the head. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the USAS, 1939-41. Resighted from the air and photographed by the RARE, 1947-48, and remapped from these photos by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by the UK-APC for Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1808), Austrian composer. |
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