Lehrke Inlet (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Lehrke Inlet (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Inlet
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:
between Cape Boggs and Cape Sharbonneau, Black Coast, was photographed from the air and roughly surveyed from the ground by USAS in December 1940; named Lehrke Bay after Lester Lehrke, boatswain's mate in the expedition ship USS Bear, who joined the "East Base" party ([in c. 70°45'S 61°35'W] USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; Ronne, 1949, map p.249); further surveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947 and shown to be narrower than first reported, Cape Sharbonneau (q.v.) having been originally mapped as an island off Mount Hill. Bahía Lehrke (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1949; Pierrou, 1970, p.475). Lehrke Inlet (APC, 1955, p.13; DCS 601 sheet 70 60, 1955; BAS sheet SR 19-20/12, 1-DOS 1976). Zaliv Lerke (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Ensenada Lehrke (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.229; IHA, 1974, p.181). Ledyanoy Zaliv Lerke (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). The inlet was photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and resurveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island" in 1973. Lewike [sic] Inlet (BA, 1974, p.218).
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