Mossman Inlet (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mossman 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 Kidson and Jeffries Bluff, Lassiter Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS in December 1940 and by RARE in 1947; surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in December 1947 and, in association with the names of Antarctic meteorologists grouped in this area, named after Robert Cockburn Mossman (1870-1940), British meteorologist and climatologist; member of SNAE, Laurie Island, 1902-04, first Director of the Argentine meteorological station on that island, 1904-05, and subsequently a member of the Argentine meteorological service ([in 73°17'S 60°32'W] APC, 1955, p.15; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DOS 601 sheet W 73 60, 1957; [co-ordinates corrected] USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1977, p.23). Bukhta Mosmen (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The inlet was photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67. Ensenada Mossman (Chile. IGM map 27, 1966). Ledyanoy Bukhta Mosmen (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).
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