Summerhayes Inlet
| Summerhayes Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Larsen Ice Shelf , Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Jason Peninsula , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 7 '26 " S , 61 ° 39' 12" W | |
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| width | 10 km | |
The Summerhayes Inlet is one of the Larsen Ice Shelf icy and 10 km wide bay at the Oskar-II. coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located southwest of Chapman Point and west of Standring Inlet on the north side of the Jason Peninsula .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the bay in 2012 after the marine biologist and oceanographer Colin Summerhayes, first head of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
Web links
- Summerhayes Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)