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)
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 |
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| Hansen Inlet (GBR) | 75° 15' 00.0" S | 63° 40' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 109195
Place ID: 5975
between Cape Schlossbach and Cape Cox, Orville Coast, was photographed from the air by USN, 1965-67, and mapped from air photographs by USGS; named after Bernard Lyle Hansen (b.1916), who with H.T. Ueda (Ueda Glacier, q.v.) was in charge of USACRREL deep ice-coring programme, "Byrd Station", Marie Byrd Land, 1966-67 and 1967-68; with USA SIPRE/CRREL, 1952-73 (USGS sketch map Ellsworth Land-Palmer Land, 1969; APC, 1975, p.4; BA chart 3176, 19.iii.1982). |
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| Hansen Inlet (USA) | 75° 15' 00.0" S | 63° 40' 00.0" W | Inlet |
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Name ID: 126175
Place ID: 5975
Ice-filled inlet between Capes Schlossbach and Cox, along the E coast and near the base of Antarctic Peninsula. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and USN air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for B. Lyle Hansen who, with Herbert T. Ueda, was in charge of the deep-core drilling program at Byrd Station for several seasons, 1966-69. |
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