Gardner Inlet
| Gardner Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf | |
| Land mass | Palmerland ( Antarctic Peninsula ) and Ellsworthland | |
| Geographical location | 75 ° 0 '58 " S , 62 ° 55' 59" W | |
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| Tributaries | Irvine Glacier , Ketchum Glacier , Strange Glacier , Wetmore Glacier | |
The Gardner Inlet is a large, icy bay at the transition from the Lassiter- to Orville Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located on the southwest side of the Bowman Peninsula between Cape Adams and Cape Schlossbach . The bay represents the location of the northernmost extension of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf at the foot of Mount Austin .
It was discovered during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) under the direction of the US polar explorer Finn Ronne , who named it after Irvine Clifton Gardner (1889-1972). Gardner was a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards and, as a member of the American Antarctic Association, was involved in preparations for the expedition, in particular in the development of optical techniques for aerial photography.
Web links
- Gardner Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gardner Inlet on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 607 (English).