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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Spilhaus Inlet (GBR) | 80° 05' 00.0" S | 43° 45' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 111326
Place ID: 13826
small inlet of Filchner Ice Shelf on SE side of Berkner Island. Roughly mapped by US IGY party from "Ellsworth Station", 1957, and called Skidmore Bay after Donald K. Skidmore, ionosphericist at the station at that time (Thiel et al, 1958, Fig.9), but this name was later transferred to Skidmore Cliff, Forrestal Range. Landsat and NOAA imagery, 1973-79. Named after Dr Athelstan F. Spilhaus (b. 1911), meterologist and oceanographer, member of US National Committee for the IGY, 1957-58, and of the National Science Board, 1966-72. |
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| Spilhaus Inlet (USA) | 80° 05' 00.0" S | 43° 45' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 132007
Place ID: 13826
An ice-filled inlet which is the southernmost of the three inlets indenting the E side of Berkner Island, Filchner Ice Shelf. Discovered by U.S. ground and aviation personnel from Ellsworth Station (1957-58) under Capt. Finn Ronne, USNR. Named by US-ACAN in 1988 after Athelstan Spilhaus (b. 1911), meteorologist and oceanographer; member of the U.S. National Committee for the IGY, 1957-58, and of the National Science Board, 1966-72. |
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