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
Geikie Inlet (RUS) 75° 33' 00.0" S 163° 00' 00.0" E Inlet
Name ID: 118137 Place ID: 5204

Geikie Inlet (USA) 75° 30' 00.0" S 163° 00' 00.0" E Inlet
Name ID: 125597 Place ID: 5204

An inlet along the coast of Victoria Land, formed between the cliffs of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the north and Lamplugh Island and the seaward extension of Clarke Glacier on the south. Discovered by the BrNAE, 1901-04, under Scott, who named it after Sir Archibald Geikie (Geikie Glacier q.v.), who gave much assistance in preparing the expedition.

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