Wagoner Inlet

Wagoner Inlet

Location of Wagoner Inlet in Antarctica

Map of Thurston Island

Satellite image of Thurston Island

Wagoner Inlet (72°1′S 99°47′W / 72.017°S 99.783°W / -72.017; -99.783Coordinates: 72°1′S 99°47′W / 72.017°S 99.783°W / -72.017; -99.783) is an ice-filled inlet between Tinglof Peninsula and Starr Peninsula on the north side of Thurston Island. Delineated from aerial photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles Wagoner, seaman on the USS Glacier during the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition, a member of the field party engaged in scientific work on Thurston Island in February 1960.

Maps

Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

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