Purcell snow field
| Purcell snow field | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| width | ⌀ 24 km | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 34 ′ S , 69 ° 45 ′ W | |
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The Purcell snow field is a snow field with a diameter of 24 km in the center of Alexander I Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between the Colbert Mountains and the Douglas Range .
The British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it in 1960 using aerial photographs taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1961 after the English composer Henry Purcell (1659–1695).
Web links
- Purcell Snowfield in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Purcell Snowfield on geographic.org (English)