Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Shackleton Inlet (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Shackleton Inlet (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Inlet (3)
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:
A re-entrant about 10 miles wide, with Nimrod Glacier at its head, lying between Cape Wilson and Cape Lyttelton at the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the Southern Polar Party of the NAE, 1901-04. Named for Lietenant (later Sir) Ernest Shackleton, RNR, who, with Dr Edward Wilson, accompanied Scott on this Journey.
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