Name details

Howkins Inlet

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 109402

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 Brooks and Lamb Point, Lassiter Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS, 30 December 1940, and by RARE in 1947; surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947; in association with the names of Antarctic meteorologists grouped in this area, named after Gordon Arthur Howkins (b.1919), Operation "Tabarin" meteorologist, "Deception Island", 1943-45; Senior and Chief Meteorological Officer, Stanley, Falkland Islands, 1946-56; Assistant Director, Meteorological Office, Ministry of Defence, 1973-79 (APC, 1955, p.12; DOS 610 sheet W 73 60, 1957; USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969). Hawkins [sic] Inlet (USHO chart 6647, 1957). Bukhta Khaukins (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The inlet was photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67. Ensenada Howkins (Chile. IGM map 27, 1966).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
73° 40' 00.0" S
-73.66667°
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Longitude:
60° 48' 00.0" W
-60.80000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
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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