Name details

Keller Inlet

Keller Inlet (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Keller Inlet  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109585

Feature type: Inlet

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

between Cape Little and Cape Fiske, Lassiter Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS in December 1940 and by RARE, 21 November 1947; surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947; named after Louis Keller, of Beaumont, Texas, who contributed supplies to RARE (AGS map, 1948; Ronne, 1948b, map p.357; BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.13; DCS 601 sheet W 74 60, 1957; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; BAS 500P sheet SS 17-20/SE, 1-DOS 1981.). Seno Keller (Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952). Ensenada Keller (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1957). Bukhta Keller (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The inlet was photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67. Glaciar Las Heras, referring to the ice tongue in the inlet after Gen. Juan Gregorio de Las Heras (1780-1866) (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter L).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
74° 16' 00.0" S
-74.26667°
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Longitude:
61° 10' 00.0" W
-61.16667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Jan-1953

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