Geikie Inlet
| Geikie Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Ross Sea | |
| Land mass | Viktorialand , Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 75 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Geikie Inlet is a bay on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is bounded in the north by the ice cliffs of the Drygalski Ice Tongue and in the south by Lamplugh Island and the seaward extension of the Clarke Glacier .
It was discovered during the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . Scott named the bay after the British geologist Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), who helped with the preparations for the expedition.
Web links
- Geikie Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Geikie Inlet on geographic.org (English)