Haydn Inlet
| Haydn Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Wilkins Sound | |
| Land mass | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 17 ′ S , 70 ° 16 ′ W | |
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| width | Max. 19 km | |
| depth | 43 km | |
| Islands | Merger Island | |
| Tributaries | Clarsach glacier | |
The Haydn Inlet is an icy bay on the west coast of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island between the Mozart Piedmont Glacier and the Handel Piedmont Glacier .
It was first sighted during an overflight and then roughly mapped by participants in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). Further aerial photographs were taken during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). These were used by the British geographer Derek Searle from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 1960 for further mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the bay in 1961 after the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1808).
Web links
- Haydn Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Haydn Inlet on geographic.org (English)