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
Whited Inlet (NZL) 69° 50' 00.0" S 160° 08' 00.0" E Inlet
Name ID: 139949 Place ID: 15985

An ice-filled inlet along the coast between Northrup Head and Anderson Peninsula.

Whited Inlet (USA) 69° 50' 00.0" S 160° 08' 00.0" E Inlet
Name ID: 133647 Place ID: 15985

An ice-filled inlet along the coast between Northrup Head and Anderson Peninsula. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Master Chief Quartermaster Robert J. Whited, USN, Leading Chief for the staff and a member of Operations Division responsible for maintaining and updating charts for Task Force 43 during Operation Deep Freeze 1968 and 1969.

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