Name details

Seligman Inlet

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111111

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 Choyce Point and Cape Freeman, Bowman Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS in 1940; surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in March-April 1947; called Bahía Coe (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1954); in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Dr Gerald Seligman (1886-1973), British glaciologist; Founder in 1936 of the Association for the Study of Snow and Ice, which became the British Glaciological Society in 1946 (International Glaciological Society from 1972), he being the first President, 1946-63; author of Snow structure and ski fields (London, 1936) and Editor of the Journal of Glaciology, 1946-68 (BA chart 3570, 27.vi.1952; APC, 1955, p.19; DCS 601 sheet 67 64, 1955). Ensenada Seligman (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.657; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.256). Zaliv Seligmen (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Ledyanoy Zaliv Seligmen (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
67° 50' 00.0" S
-67.83333°
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Longitude:
65° 28' 00.0" W
-65.46667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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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:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
22-Jan-1951

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