Brennan Inlet
| Brennan Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Amundsen Sea , Southern Ocean | |
| Land mass | Bakutis Coast , Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 116 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Brennan Inlet is an ice-covered bay before Bakutis Coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd lands . It is located in the south-eastern section of the Getz Ice Shelf . It is bounded to the west by the Scott Peninsula and Nunn Island and to the east by the Spaulding Peninsula .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the bay after Lieutenant Commander Lawrence A. Brennan of the United States Navy Reserve Forces , who planned and carried out the salvage of three LC-130 aircraft at Dome Charlie in the Antarctic summers between 1975 and 1976 and between 1976 and 1977 was involved.
Web links
- Brennan Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brennan Inlet on geographic.org (English)