Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
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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| Schubert Inlet (RUS) | 70° 52' 00.0" S | 70° 55' 00.0" W | Inlet |
| Name ID: 120439 Place ID: 12863 | |||
| Schubert Inlet (GBR) | 70° 56' 00.0" S | 70° 18' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 111080
Place ID: 12863
filled with ice shelf off E side of Wilkins Sound, between Handel Ice Piedmont and Lewis Snowfield, W Alexander Island, was photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; in association with the names of composers in this area, named after Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), Austrian composer ([in 70°52'S 70°55'W extending NW-SE] APC, 1961, p.3; USHO chart V30-SP6, 1962; DOS 710 sheet 14, 1963; Searle, 1963, end map; [further delineated as extending W-E and co-ordinates corrected from US LANDSAT imagery of February 1979] BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/9, 2-DOS 1980). |
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| Schubert Inlet (USA) | 70° 52' 00.0" S | 70° 55' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 131306
Place ID: 12863
Ice-filled inlet, 14 mi long and 5 mi wide, indenting the W coast of Alexander Island between the Colbert and Walton Mountains. Mapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by the UK-APC for Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Austrian composer. |
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