SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.

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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Schott Inlet (RUS) 72° 10' 00.0" S 60° 30' 00.0" W Inlet
Name ID: 120438 Place ID: 12858

Schott Inlet (GBR) 72° 09' 00.0" S 60° 55' 00.0" W Inlet
Name ID: 111079 Place ID: 12858

N of Flagon Point, Black Coast, was photographed from the air by USAS in December 1940 (USHO, 1943, upper photograph p.275); surveyed from the ground by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947; in association with the names of oceanographers grouped in this area, named after Gerhard Schott (1866-1961), German oceanographer and authority on the Southern Ocean (APC, 1955, p.19; USHO chart 6639, 1955; DCS 601 sheet 7260, 1956; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Bukhta Shott (Soviet Union. MMF chart 1961). Ensenada Schott (Chile. IGM map 20, 1966). Ledyanoy Bukhta Shott (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24). The inlet was further photographed from the air by USN, 1966-69.

Schott Inlet (USA) 72° 10' 00.0" S 60° 52' 00.0" W Inlet
Name ID: 131302 Place ID: 12858

Small ice-filled inlet indenting the E side of Merz Peninsula close S of Cape Darlington, along the E coast of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the USAS. Charted in 1947 by a joint party consisting of members of the RARE under Ronne and the FIDS. Named by the FIDS for Gerhard Schott, internationally known German oceanographer.

Schott, ensenada (ARG) 72° 09' 00.0" S 60° 55' 00.0" W Inlet
Name ID: 102143 Place ID: 12858

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