Gerlache Inlet
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 Map of Terra Nova Bay with Gerlache Inlet (below center) |
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| Waters | Terra Nova Bay | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 74 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Gerlache Inlet is a 6-km wide bay on the Scott Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is located in the northwestern part of Terra Nova Bay in front of the Northern Foothills immediately south of Mount Browning . To the east it is bounded by the tongue of the Campbell Glacier .
The naming apparently took place in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It is named after the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery (1866–1934).
Web links
- Gerlache Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gerlache Inlet on geographic.org (English)