SCAR Composite Gazetteer

Chambers Inlet

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

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

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Place ID: 2490
Name ID: 750

Feature type: Inlet

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Narrative

An inlet on the southern side of Ellis Fjord, Vestfold Hills, just inside the entrance.

Named For

Named after B. McR Chambers, senior technician radio (meteorology) at Davis in 1970.

Location

Latitude:

68° 37' 59.9" S

-68.63330°

Accurate to 30m

Longitude:

77° 55' 59.9" E

77.93330°

Accurate to 30m

Altitude:

0 m

Unknown precision

Images

©Belinda Reynolds 2009

Catalogue id: IA21867
Caption: Chambers Inlet, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 2000 feet. Looking West.
Photographer: Reynolds, Belinda

Map

Source

Location Method:

Topographic data

Source Name:

Vestfold Hills Topographic GIS Dataset

Source Identifier:

vest_hills_gis

Source Scale:

1:5000

Source Institution:

Australian Antarctic Division

Source Person:

Brolsma

Source Publisher:

Australian Antarctic Division

Remote sensing:

Not Applicable

Comments

Metadata for coordinates and origin of topographic data.

Approval status

Status:

Official

Date approved:

27-Nov-1973

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