Sweeny Inlet (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Sweeny 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.
An ice-filled inlet, 18 mi wide, between Spaulding Peninsula and Martin Peninsula on Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. The feature marks the SE end of Getz Ice Shelf. Mapped by USGS from surveys and USN aerial photographs, 1959-67. Named by US-ACAN after Capt. Timothy A. Sweeny, (CE) USA, officer in charge of the aircraft recovery camp at Dome Charlie (q.v.) on USN OpDFrz, 1976. Working at this remote camp in the 1975-76 season, the salvage team succeeded in recovering two LC-130 aircraft which had been damaged at Dome Charlie on Jan. 15, 1975, and Nov. 4, 1975.
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