Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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 |
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| Shackleton Inlet (NZL) | 82° 19' 00.0" S | 164° 00' 00.0" E | Inlet |
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Name ID: 114359
Place ID: 13068
A re-entrant about 10 miles wide, with Nimrod Glacier at its head, lying between Cape Wilson and Cape Lyttelton at the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the Southern Polar Party of the NAE, 1901-04. Named for Lietenant (later Sir) Ernest Shackleton, RNR, who, with Dr Edward Wilson, accompanied Scott on this Journey. |
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| Shackleton Inlet (RUS) | 82° 15' 00.0" S | 164° 30' 00.0" E | Inlet |
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| Shackleton Inlet (USA) | 82° 19' 00.0" S | 164° 00' 00.0" E | Inlet |
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Name ID: 131456
Place ID: 13068
A reentrant, about 10 mi wide, between Cape Wilson and Cape Lyttelton. It is occupied by the terminus of Nimrod Glacier descending at a low gradient from the bordering highlands to the Ross Ice Shelf Discovered by Capt. Robert F. Scott, RN, in December 1902, while on his attempted trip to the South Pole. He was accompanied on this trip by Dr. Edward A. Wilson and Lt. (later Sir) Ernest H. Shackleton, RNR, for whom this inlet was named. |
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