Smith Inlet (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Smith Inlet (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Inlet (3)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Ice-filled inlet receding 15 mi in a westerly direction between Cape Boggs and Cape Collier, along the E coast of Palmer Land. The inlet was discovered and charted in 1940 by the USAS, but it was later erroneously shown on charts as "Stefansson Inlet." During 1947 the inlet was photographed from the air by the RARE under Ronne, who in conjunction with the FIDS charted it from the ground. Named by Ronne for R. Admiral Edward H. Smith, USCG, noted Arctic oceanographer and explorer, leader of the and later Director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
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