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)
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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| Tucker Inlet (NZL) | 72° 37' 00.0" S | 169° 45' 00.0" E | Inlet |
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Name ID: 114599
Place ID: 15029
An inlet about 14 miles wide and of undetermined length in the coast of Victoria Land, between Cape Wheatstone on the north and Cape Daniell on the south. Discovered in February 1841 by Ross, who named this feature for Charles T Tucker, master of the Erebus, one of two expedition vessels. |
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| Tucker Inlet (USA) | 72° 37' 00.0" S | 169° 45' 00.0" E | Inlet |
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Name ID: 132935
Place ID: 15029
An ice-filled inlet identing the coast of Victoria Land between Capes Wheatstone and Daniell. Discovered in February 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who named this feature for Charles T. Tucker, master of the Erebus. |
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