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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Palmer Inlet (GBR) | 71° 15' 00.0" S | 61° 08' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 110484
Place ID: 10849
between Cape Bryant and Cape Musselman, Black Coast, was photographed from the air and surveyed from the ground by USAS in December 1940; named Palmer Bay or Robert Palmer Bay after Robert Palmer, assistant meteorologist, USAS "East Base" (USHO, 1943, p.274 and photograph p.274); resurveyed by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947. Palmer Inlet (APC, 1955, p.16; DCS 601 sheet 71 60, 1955; BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/16, 1-DOS 1976). Bahía Robert Palmer (Argentina. MM, 1953, p.328). Ensenada Palmer (Argentina. MM, 1958b, p.192; Pierrou, 1970, p.573; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.219). Bukhta Palmer (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The inlet was photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and further surveyed by BAS from "Stonington Island" in 1973. |
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| Palmer Inlet (USA) | 71° 15' 00.0" S | 61° 10' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 129811
Place ID: 10849
Ice-filled inlet 7 mi long, lying between Cape Bryant and Cape Musselman along the E coast of Palmer Land. Essentially rectangular in shape, it is bordered by almost vertical cliffs. Discovered by members of East Base of the USAS who explored this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named for Robert Palmer, assistant to the meteorologist at the East Base. |
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| Palmer, ensenada (ARG) | 71° 15' 00.0" S | 61° 08' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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| Palmer, Ensenada (CHL) | 71° 15' 00.0" S | 61° 10' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 106053
Place ID: 10849
Descubierta en 1940 por los miembros de la Base del Este de USAS., su nombre recuerda a Robert Palmer, ayudante del meteorólogo de esta base. Ensenada llena de hielo de unas 8 millas de largo situada entre cabo Bryant y cabo Musselman, en la costa oriental de la península Tierra de O'Higgins. |
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