Feature Name (see definition): Handel Ice Piedmont

Feature Class (see definition): Glacier

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6311

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 70° 20' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 071° 00' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -70.3333333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1961

Description (see definition): 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 U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940 but not separately mapped. First mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48, by Searle of the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) for George Frederick Handel (1685-1759), German composer.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data