Name details

Trail Inlet

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111635

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 Freeman and Three Slice Nunatak, Bowman Coast, was probably seen from the air by Wilkins, 20 December 1928, and by Ellsworth in November 1935; photographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by USAS in 1940; called Fleming Glacier Bay in association with the former name for Daspit Glacier (q.v.) (USHO, 1943, photograph facing p.270), and later named Trail Bay because the feature provided a natural route between the USAS "East Base" and Bowman Coast (USHO, 1947, p.19); further surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in December 1947. Trail Inlet (BA chart 3570, 27.vi.1952; APC, 1955, p.21; DCS 601 sheet 68 64, 1955). Billsbukten, so called in association with Bills Gulch (q.v.) (Rønne, 1950b, p.111). Bahía Eva Perón, so called by AAE after Eva Perón (Mobiloil Inlet, q.v.) (Argentina. IGM atlas, 1953, lám. 68). Bahía Ruta [translation of English name] (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1954). Ensenada Trail (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1957; Pierrou, 1970, p.692; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.280). Bukhta Treyl (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Ledyanoy Bukhta Treyl (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
68° 05' 00.0" S
-68.08333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
65° 22' 00.0" W
-65.36667°
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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:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
28-Jan-1953

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