Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Carroll Inlet (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Carroll Inlet (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Inlet
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:
between Rydberg Peninsula and Smyley Island, English Coast, was seen from the air by USAS in December 1940 and named after Arthur J. Carroll, Chief Photographer at the expedition's "East Base" (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942; Ronne, 1945, map p.14; USGS sketch map Bryan Coast-Ellsworth Land, 1968; APC, 1975, p.3). Ensenada Carroll (Argentina. IGM map 1946). The inlet was also seen from the air by RARE in December 1947. Ensenada Carrll [sic] (Chile. IGM map, 1947). Estero Carroll (Chile. DNH chart [no number], 1947). Carroll Fjord (Hansen, chart [no number], 1947. Seno Carroll (Argentina. MM chart N- P -1, 1952). Bukhta Karroll (Baranov and others, 1954, map p.283). Carrol [sic] Inlet (France. SHM chart 5879, 1956). Canal Carroll (Chile. DNH, 1962, p.203; IHA, 1974, p.67). The inlet was photographed from the air by USN in 1965-66 and mapped from air photographs by USGS. Ensenada Carrol (Argentina. IGM map, 1966). Estrecho Carroll, as rejected form (Chile. IHA, 1974, p.68).
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