Name details

Barne Inlet

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 112729

Feature type: Inlet (3)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

The re-entrant from the Ross Ice Shelf approximately 37.5km wide between Cape Kerr and Cape Selborne, south of Britannia Range, occupied by Byrd Glacier which descends directly from the bordering highlands (Byrd Névé) to the ice shelf.

Named For

Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (Discovery Expedition, BrNAE), 1901-04, in December 1902. Named for Lieutenant Michael Barne, R.N., a member of the expedition who, with Sub-Lieutenant George F.A. Mulock, R.N., surveyed the coastline this far south in 1903. Not Barne Bay.

Location

Latitude:
80° 15' 00.0" S
-80.25000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
160° 15' 00.0" E
160.25000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
81 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica, Howat et al. 2018
Source Identifier:
REMA 8m tile 21_34 release 1.1
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Official
Date approved:
1-Jan-1958

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