Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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Murphy Inlet (RUS) | 71° 59' 00.0" S | 97° 50' 00.0" W | Inlet |
Name ID: 119554 Place ID: 9988 | |||
Murphy Inlet (USA) | 71° 59' 00.0" S | 98° 02' 00.0" W | Inlet |
Name ID: 129219
Place ID: 9988
Ice-filled inlet about 18 mi long, with two parallel branches at the head, lying between Noville and Edwards Peninsulas on the N side of Thurston Island. Delineated from aerial photographs taken by USN Operation HighJump in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for Charles J.V. Murphy, assistant to R. Admiral Byrd after ByrdAE of 1928-30, and member of the wintering party of ByrdAE of 1933-35. |
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