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Gardner Inlet

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46: 252: 374:. Eastward flowing glacier at the base of Palmer Land, about 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) long, descending between the Latady Mountains and Scaife Mountains into Gardner Inlet. Discovered by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, who named it for Commander Gerald Ketchum, United States Navy, commander of the icebreaker Burton Island which broke the ice to free the RARE from Marguerite Bay for the return home. 496:. Glacier about 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) long, flowing southeast between the Rare Range and Latady Mountains into the north part of Gardner Inlet. Discovered by the RARE, 1947–48, under Ronne, who named this feature for Alexander Wetmore, Secretary of the Smithspnian Institution, who assisted Ronne in laying out the scientific research program of the expedition. 53: 1051: 1016: 458:. A glacier in the Latady Mountains, draining southeast along the south side of Grain Ridge to enter Gardner Inlet between Schmitt Mesa and Mount Austin. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Donald L. Strange, hospital corpsman at South Pole Station in 1964. 306:
to the northeast by the Ketchum Glacier, which flows into the inlet from the west. The Strange Glacier joins the Ketchum Glacier from the north near its mouth in the inlet south of Mount Austin. The Wetmore Glacier is joined by the Irvine Glacier and flows from the north into Gardner Inlet. Bowman
667:. Abrupt rock scarp marking the south tip of Bowman Peninsula and forming the north side of the entrance to Gardner Inlet. Discovered by the RARE, 1947–48, under Ronne, and named by him for Lieutenant Charles J. Adams of the then United States ArmyAF, pilot with the expedition. 586:. Conspicuous rock mass rising to 955 metres (3,133 ft) high, projecting into the head of Gardner Inlet. Discovered by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, and named by him for Stephen F. Austin, American colonizer in Texas and one of the founders of the Republic of Texas. 331:, and member of the American Antarctic Association, Inc., the organization set up to make plans and preparations for the expedition. His work in the field of optics as applied to aerial photography has been an important contribution to this technique in polar exploration. 1055: 1020: 628:
and Gardner Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. The peninsula is ice covered and narrows toward the south, terminating in Cape Adams. Discovered by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, who named it for Isaiah Bowman.
717:. Discovered by the RARE under Ronne, 1947-48, who named it for Commander Isaac Schlossbach, United States Navy (Ret.), second-incommand of the expedition and commander of the ship Port of Beaumont, Texas. 542:
into the north part of Gardner Inlet. Discovered by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, who named it for George J. Irvine, of the Engineer Depot at Fort Belvoir, VA, who outlined the RARE photographic program.
624:. A peninsula, 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) long in a north–south direction and 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) wide in its north and central portions, lying between 766:
to the north of Ketchum Glacier are in Palmer Land. The Ketchum Glacier therefore forms the boundary between Palmer Land to the north and Ellsworth Land to the south in this area.
412:. A large glacier on the west side of Latady Mountains, flowing south-southeast to join Ketchum Glacier, west of Gardner Inlet on the Lassiter Coast. Mapped by the 89: 1024: 45: 417: 316: 159: 1074: 1059: 413: 1079: 328: 754:
Ketchum Glacier enters Gardner Inlet opposite Cape Adams. Alberts (1995) says Palmer Land is the southern part of the
420:(US-ACAN) after Lawrence Edward Brown, geologist; member of the USGS field party which crossed this glacier, 1969-70. 275:, which is defined as a line between Cape Adams at the mouth of the inlet and a point on the mainland coast south of 677: 639: 596: 558: 506: 468: 430: 384: 346: 213: 741:
to Cape Adams, north of the mouth of Gardner Inlet. The Orville Coast extends from Cape Adams southeast to
324: 416:(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1961-67. Named by the United States 240: 755: 714: 272: 255:
Eastern Ellsworth Land (south), Southern Palmer Land (north). Gardner Inlet in center east of map.
235: 534:. A glacier, 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) long, draining southeast between the 251: 196:) is a large, ice-filled inlet at the southwest side of Bowman Peninsula, on the east coast of 230: 763: 303: 299: 738: 706: 625: 295: 1031: 759: 734: 535: 284: 276: 260: 1068: 742: 264: 130: 74: 997: 710: 291: 745:. The Gardner Inlet is therefore between the Lassiter Coast and the Orville Coast 307:
Peninsula terminating in Cape Adams defines the northeastern side of the inlet.
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to the southwest by Cape Schlossbach. Both inlets are ice-covered, and join the
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Alberts (1995) says in the entry for Brown Glacier that Garner Inlet is on the
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to the east. It is at the southeast end of the base of the
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are to the east of Gardner Inlet, separated from the
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(1995), 886:, p. 219, Ellsworth Land. 818:, p. 420, Lassiter Coast. 1: 830:, p. 547, Orville Coast. 259:Gardner inlet is between the 69: 1033:Ellsworth Land - Palmer Land 806:, p. 97, Brown Glacier. 329:National Bureau of Standards 241:GPX (secondary coordinates) 1096: 236:GPX (primary coordinates) 211:Map all coordinates using 39: 1075:Inlets of Ellsworth Land 219:Download coordinates as: 319:(RARE), 1947–48, under 1056:public domain material 1021:public domain material 325:Irvine Clifton Gardner 256: 1080:Inlets of Palmer Land 327:, a physicist at the 254: 231:GPX (all coordinates) 756:Antarctic Peninsula 715:Antarctic Peninsula 689: /  651: /  608: /  570: /  518: /  480: /  442: /  396: /  358: /  273:Antarctic Peninsula 171: /  101: /  323:. He named it for 311:Discovery and name 298:on the coast. 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Index

Bowman Peninsula
Gardner Inlet is located in Antarctica
Orville Coast
74°58′S 62°52′W / 74.967°S 62.867°W / -74.967; -62.867 (Gardner Inlet)
Type
Weddell Sea
74°58′S 62°52′W / 74.967°S 62.867°W / -74.967; -62.867 (Gardner Inlet)
Palmer Land
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)

Lassiter Coast
Orville Coast
Weddell Sea
Antarctic Peninsula
Eklund Islands
Palmer Land
Ellsworth Land
Hansen Inlet
Ronne Ice Shelf
Scaife Mountains
Latady Mountains
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Finn Ronne
Irvine Clifton Gardner
National Bureau of Standards
75°00′S 63°45′W / 75.000°S 63.750°W / -75.000; -63.750

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