Name details

Violante Inlet

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

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

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Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory Id 111779

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 Fanning and Cape Herdman, Black Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS, 30 December 1940, roughly mapped (with Mount Reynolds, q.v., marking its S limit) and named after Major (later Col.) Andre L. Violante, of the US Army Quartermaster Corps, designer of the USAS prefabricated buildings ([in c.73°00'S 59°10'W] USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; USHO, 1943, photograph p.277; [co-ordinates corrected] Mason, 1950a, map facing p.151; BA chart 3175, 12.xi.1954; APC, 1955, p.22; DCS 601 sheet 72 60, 1956; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979); surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947, when it was found to lie c.65 km NW of its previously reported position. Ensenada Violante (Argentina. IGM map, 1946; Pierrou, 1970, p.717; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.295). Estero Violante (Chile. DNH chart [no number], 1947). Seno Violante (Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952). Bukhta Violante (Baranov and others, 1954, map p.283). Violants [sic] Inlet (USAF chart 1808, 1959). Bukhta V'olant (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The inlet was photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69, and mapped from air photographs by USGS. Ledyanoy Bukhta V'yolant (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). Voilante [sic] Inlet (USAF chart GNC 24N, 1970). Estrecho Violante, as rejected form (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.295).

Named For

Location

Latitude:
72° 32' 00.0" S
-72.53333°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
61° 00' 00.0" W
-61.00000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
Unknown
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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