Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Roberts Inlet (RUS) | 79° 20' 00.0" S | 45° 00' 00.0" W | Inlet |
| Name ID: 120247 Place ID: 12217 | |||
| Roberts Inlet (GBR) | 79° 15' 00.0" S | 44° 10' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 110898
Place ID: 12217
E side of Berkner Island, Filchner Ice Shelf, was seen from the air and roughly mapped from the ground in c. 79°15'S 45°00'W by US IGY personnel from "Ellsworth Station", 1957-58, and called Fierle Bay after G. R. Fierle (Fierle Peak, q.v.) (Thiel and others, 1958, Fig.9); later named Roberts Inlet after Capt. Elliott B. Roberts, sometime Chief, Geophysical Branch, US Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Chairman, US National Committee for the IGY Panel on Geomagnetism (USBGN, 1960, p.7; USAF chart GNC 26, 1961; AGS map, 1970; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of January 1973] APC, 1980, p.5). Zaliv Roberts (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Ledyanoy Zaliv Roberts (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). |
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| Roberts Inlet (USA) | 79° 15' 00.0" S | 44° 00' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 130834
Place ID: 12217
An ice-filled inlet, the central of three inlets which indent the east side of Berkner Island. Discovered by U.S. ground and flying personnel at Ellsworth Station during the IGY (1957-58) under Capt. Finn Ronne, USNR. Named by Ronne after Capt. Elliott B. Roberts, USCGS (Ret.), formerly chief of the geophysical branch of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; Chairman, U.S. National Committee for the IGY Panel on Geomagnetism. |
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