Haydn Inlet is an ice-filled inlet indenting the west coast of Alexander Island

Alexander Island

Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...

 between Mozart Ice Piedmont

Mozart Ice Piedmont

Mozart Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont, 60 nautical miles long in a NW-SE direction and 15 nautical miles wide in its widest part, on the west coast of Alexander Island. Mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947, by Searle of the Falkland Islands...

 and Handel Ice Piedmont

Handel Ice Piedmont

Handel Ice Piedmont is a large ice piedmont lying north and west of Colbert Mountains, between Haydn Inlet and Schubert Inlet on the West-central coast of Alexander Island. Apparently first seen from the air by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940 but not separately mapped...

. It is 27 nautical miles (50 km) long and 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide at the mouth, narrowing toward the head. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Resighted from the air and photographed by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...

 (RARE), 1947–48, and remapped from these photos by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

Franz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...

(1732–1808), Austrian composer.