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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Casey Inlet (GBR) | 69° 00' 00.0" S | 63° 20' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 108105
Place ID: 2378
between Miller Point and Cape Walcott, Wilkins Coast, was photographed from the air by Wilkins on 20 December 1928 (Joerg, 1937, Fig. 6, p.436), by Ellsworth on 23 November 1935 (Ellsworth, 1937, photograph 3 facing p.196) and by FIDS-RARE in 1947; surveyed from the ground by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1947 and 1961-62, and so named in association with Casey Glacier (q.v.). (APC, 1962, p.8; DOS 610 sheets W 68 62, 69 62). |
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| Casey Inlet (USA) | 69° 00' 00.0" S | 63° 35' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 123351
Place ID: 2378
An ice-filled inlet at the terminus of Casey Glacier, between Miller Point and Cape Walcott, on the E coast of Palmer Land. Photographed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1928, Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935 and the USAS in 1940. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1947. The inlet takes its name from Casey Glacier. |
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| Casey, ensenada (ARG) | 69° 00' 00.0" S | 63° 20' 00.0" W | Inlet |
| Name ID: 100448 Place ID: 2378 | |||
| Child Rocks (AUS) | 67° 25' 58.1" S | 63° 15' 38.2" E | Rock |
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Name ID: 2378
Place ID: 2622
A group of small islands and rocks at the western end of the Robinson Group. Mapped from air photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition (1936-37). The westernmost island was called Vestskjera (The West Skerry) by the Norwegian cartographers. Renamed after J B Child, Third Officer of the Discovery during BANZARE (1929-31). |
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