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579:. Ice-covered headland which rises to 305 metres (1,001 ft) high, forming the south side of the entrance to Hilton Inlet. Discovered in 1940 by the USAS, but at that time it was thought to be an island. Its true nature was determined in an aerial flight by the RARE under Ronne, in November 1947. Named by the USAS for Harry Darlington III, member of the East Base sledging party that explored this coast as far south as Hilton Inlet. Darlington was also a member of the RARE.
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536:. A glacier about 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) long at the base of Condor Peninsula. The glacier flows southeast along the north side of Boyer Spur and merges with the north side of Gruening Glacier just inland from the northwest head of Hilton Inlet. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for geologist Karl S. Kellogg, a member of the USGS Lassiter Coast party in 1972-73.
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663:. The spur stands between the Kellogg Glacier and Gruening Glacier, about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west-northwest of Malva Bluff and the northwest head of Hilton Inlet. Mapped by the USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN for Stephen J. Boyer, geologist with the USGS geological and mapping party to the Lassiter Coast area in 1972-73.
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705:, overlooking the northwest extremity of Hilton Inlet. Mapped by USGS in 1974. Named by US-ACAN after Antonio I. Malva-Gomes, topographic engineer with the USGS Lassiter Coast geologic and mapping party in 1970-71. He was also a member of the Pine Island Bay Reconnaissance aboard the USCGC Burton Island, 1974-75.
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743:. Cape rising to 305 metres (1,001 ft) high, marking the north side of the entrance to Hilton Inlet. Discovered by members of East Base of the USAS in 1940. Named for Paul H. Knowles, geologist and leader of the East Base sledging party that surveyed this coast as far south as Hilton Inlet.
617:. A prominent bluff at the head of Hilton Inlet. The bluff was photographed from the air by USAS, 1940, and by RARE, 1947. It was mapped by USGS from United States Navy aerial photographs taken 1966-69. Named by US-ACAN, in association with the names of
490:, Director of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions, United States Dept. of the Interior, during the inception of the USAS, and member of the Executive Committee by which the USAS was directed, later United States Senator from Alaska.
189:) is an ice-filled inlet, 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) wide, which recedes about 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) west from its entrance between Cape Darlington and Cape Knowles, along the east coast of
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336:. A glacier about 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) long on Merz Peninsula, flowing north into a small bay east of Hjort Massif on the south side of Hilton Inlet. Mapped by the
390:. A broad glacier flowing in a northeast direction to the southwest part of Hilton Inlet. The USAS discovered and photographed it from the air in 1940. It was resighted in 1947 by the
348:(UK-APC) in 1977 after Captain (later Vice Admiral) Fritz A. Spiess (1881-1959), of the German Navy, Commander and Scientific Chief of the German Atlantic Expedition in
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