Skelton Inlet

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

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

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Place ID: 13402
Name ID: 131700

Feature type: Inlet (3)

Origin

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:

Narrative

An ice-filled inlet at the terminus of Skelton Glacier, along the western edge of Ross Ice Shelf. The feature is about 10 mi wide at the entry points between Cape Timberlake and Fishtail Point. Discovered by the BrNAE, 1901-04, which named this feature for Lt. Reginald W. Skelton, RN, chief engineer of the expedition ship Discovery.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
78° 54' 00.0" S
-78.90000°
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Longitude:
162° 15' 00.0" E
162.25000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

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Skelton Inlet
-78.9,162.25
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Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1947

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