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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| Weber Inlet (GBR) | 71° 57' 00.0" S | 73° 28' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 111860
Place ID: 15818
on W side of Bach Ice Shelf and SE side of Beethoven Peninsula, was photographed from the air by RARE in December 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; in association with the names of other composers in this area, named after Carl Maria Friedrich Ernest von Weber (1786-1826), German composer ([in 71°50'S 72°55'W] APC, 1961, p.4: USHO chart V30-SP6, 1962; DOS 710 sheet 14, 1963; [co-ordinates corrected from US LANDSAT imagery of January 1973] BAS 250P sheet SR 17-18/15, 16, 1-DOS 1974; APC, 1977, p.35). |
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| Weber Inlet (USA) | 71° 56' 00.0" S | 73° 28' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 133509
Place ID: 15818
A broad ice-filled inlet, which indents the S part of Beethoven Peninsula, SW of Bennett Dome, forming the NW arm of Bach Ice Shelf in Alexander Island. First mapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by UK-APC after Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), German composer. |
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