Scar Inlet
| Scar Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 55 '59 " S , 61 ° 51' 58" W | |
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| Tributaries | Flask Glacier , Leppard Glacier , Starbuck Glacier | |
The Scar Inlet is a bay in the Larsen Ice Shelf immediately northwest of Jason Peninsula on the Oscar-II. coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is bounded by Tashtego Point and Chapman Point .
It was discovered in 1902 by Otto Nordenskjöld , head of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903), who named it Scott Bay after the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . However, this name did not last, probably because of the numerous geographical objects named after Scott in the Antarctic. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the S cientific C ommittee on A ntarctic R esearch (SCAR) in recognition of the role of this institution for the further exploration of Antarctica .
Web links
- Scar Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Scar Inlet on geographic.org (English)