Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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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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Wagoner Inlet (RUS) | 72° 06' 00.0" S | 99° 45' 00.0" W | Inlet |
Name ID: 121282 Place ID: 15640 | |||
Wagoner Inlet (USA) | 72° 01' 00.0" S | 99° 47' 00.0" W | Inlet |
Name ID: 133347
Place ID: 15640
An ice-filled inlet between Tinglof and Starr Peninsulas on the N side of Thurston Island. Delineated from aerial photos taken by USN Operation HighJump in December 1946. Named by US-ACAN for Charles Wagoner, seaman on the USS Glacier during the USN Bellingshausen Sea Expedition, a member of the field party engaged in scientific work on Thurston Island in February 1960. |
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