The Scar Inlet is an area of the Larsen Ice Shelf immediately northwest of Jason Peninsula , named after the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research . It is bounded by Tashtego Point and Chapman Point .
29-711: The region was discovered in 1902 by Otto Nordenskjöld , leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition , 1901–04, who gave the name "Scott Bay". The name did not survived in usage, perhaps due to the large number of features already named after Captain Robert F. Scott . The present name was given in 1963 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research of
58-519: A British expedition under James Clark Ross , 1839-43, who so named it because of its resemblance to volcanic Mount Etna . 63°24′S 54°55′W / 63.400°S 54.917°W / -63.400; -54.917 . An isolated island lying 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) northwest of Darwin Island, off the southeast end of Joinville Island. Surveyed by the FIDS in 1953. So named by
87-522: A British expedition under Ross, 1839-43, and named by him for Captain the Right Honorable Lord George Paulet . 63°34′S 56°17′W / 63.567°S 56.283°W / -63.567; -56.283 . A circular island 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) in diameter with precipitous cliffs of volcanic rock rising to a snow-covered peak 435 metres (1,427 ft) high high, lying west of Dundee Island in
116-445: A distance by the FIDS in 1953-54. So named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 because of their exposed, isolated position on the south side of Bransfield Strait. 63°08′S 55°29′W / 63.133°S 55.483°W / -63.133; -55.483 . A small but prominent island, more than 75 metres (246 ft) high, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Ambush Bay off
145-537: A formula for identifying the boundaries of the Arctic region based on the temperatures in the warmest and coldest months of the year. Nordenskjöld was killed in a traffic collision at the age of 58 when he was hit by a bus driver in Gothenburg , where he was also buried. A number of geographical features have been named after Otto Nordenskiöld, including: Joinville Island group Joinville Island group
174-655: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Otto Nordenskj%C3%B6ld Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (6 December 1869 – 2 June 1928) was a Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer . Nordenskjöld was born in Hässleby in Småland in eastern Sweden, in a family that included his maternal uncle, the polar explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld , and cousin Gustaf Nordenskiöld . His father and mother were cousins, but his father's family name
203-658: Is a group of antarctic islands , lying off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula , from which Joinville Island group is separated by the Antarctic Sound . The Joinville Island group lies in Graham Land to the east of the tip of Trinity Peninsula , which is itself the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is separated from the mainland by the Antarctic Sound. Joinville Island
232-584: Is at the center of the group. Other islands and rocks include, clockwise from the west, Bransfield Island, D'Urville Island , Wideopen Islands, Brash Island, Danger Islands, Eden Rocks , Paulet Island , Dundee Island . Download coordinates as: 63°05′S 56°20′W / 63.083°S 56.333°W / -63.083; -56.333 . Northernmost island of the Joinville Island group, 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) long, lying immediately north of Joinville Island, from which it
261-612: Is separated by Larsen Channel. Charted in 1902 by the SwedAE under Otto Nordenskjöld, who named it for Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer who discovered land in the Joinville Island group. 63°15′S 55°45′W / 63.250°S 55.750°W / -63.250; -55.750 . Largest island of the Joinville Island group, about 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) long in an east–west direction and 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) wide, lying off
290-563: The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953, it was reported that the feature consists of two rocks lying close together. The Eden Rocks are a designated Important Bird Area . 63°35′S 55°47′W / 63.583°S 55.783°W / -63.583; -55.783 . A circular island about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) in diameter, lying 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southeast of Dundee Island. Discovered by
319-722: The International Council of Scientific Unions , in recognition of the role of this organization in furthering scientific research in the Antarctic. It is the remaining fragment of the much larger Larsen B ice shelf which disintegrated in 2002. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from "Scar Inlet" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . [REDACTED] 65°56′S 61°52′W / 65.933°S 61.867°W / -65.933; -61.867 This Oscar II Coast location article
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#1732773118031348-589: The 1901–1904 Swedish Antarctic Expedition . Their ship Antarctic , commanded by the seasoned Antarctic sailor Carl Anton Larsen , visited Buenos Aires and the Falkland Islands before leaving Nordenskjöld's party at Snow Hill Island off the Antarctic Peninsula to overwinter, while the ship returned to the Falklands. The following spring, early in November 1902, Larsen sailed south to retrieve
377-668: The FIDS and named after Eugene Burden (1892-1979), who, as master of the Trepassey , first navigated the passage in January 1947. 63°10′S 56°12′W / 63.167°S 56.200°W / -63.167; -56.200 . A strait 1 to 3 nautical miles (1.9 to 5.6 km; 1.2 to 3.5 mi) wide between D'Urville Island and Joinville Island. Discovered in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition under Nordenskjold, and named for Captain C.A. Larsen of
406-853: The Firth of Tay with which it separates Joinville and Dundee Islands. Discovered in 1892-93 by Captain Thomas Robertson of the Dundee whaling expedition. Robertson named the feature after his ship, the Active, first vessel to navigate the sound. Smaller islands, clockwise from the west, include: 63°11′S 56°36′W / 63.183°S 56.600°W / -63.183; -56.600 . An island nearly 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) |long, lying 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southwest of D'Urville Island. The name Point Bransfield, after Edward Bransfield, Master, Royal Navy,
435-563: The Joinville Island group from the northeast end of the Antarctic Peninsula. The sound was named by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE) under Otto Nordenskjöld for the expedition ship Antarctic which in 1902, under the command of Captain C.A. Larsen, was the first vessel to navigate it. 63°08′S 56°32′W / 63.133°S 56.533°W / -63.133; -56.533 . A marine passage between D'Urville Island and Bransfield Island. Charted in 1947 by
464-534: The UK-APC because the island lies in an area where brash ice is frequently found. 63°25′S 54°40′W / 63.417°S 54.667°W / -63.417; -54.667 . Group of islands lying 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) east-southeast of Joinville Island. Discovered December 28, 1842 by a British expedition under James Clark Ross , who so named them because, appearing among heavy fragments of ice, they were almost completely concealed until
493-451: The expedition ship Antarctic . 63°22′S 55°45′W / 63.367°S 55.750°W / -63.367; -55.750 . A sound, 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) wide, extending in a northwest–southeast direction between the northeast side of Dundee Island and the east portion of Joinville Island. It merges to the northwest with Active Sound with which it completes
522-569: The great hardships endured, the expedition was considered a scientific success, having explored much of the eastern coast of Graham Land , including Cape Longing , James Ross Island , the Joinville Island group , and the Palmer Archipelago , recovering also valuable geological samples and samples of marine animals. It earned Nordenskjöld lasting fame at home, but its huge cost left him greatly in debt. In 1905, Nordenskjöld
551-493: The north coast of Joinville Island. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1953. The name is descriptive of the island's shape; Patella is the Latin name for a limpet. 63°05′S 55°09′W / 63.083°S 55.150°W / -63.083; -55.150 . An island with a high summit, lying 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) north of the eastern end of Joinville Island. Discovered by
580-530: The north coast of Joinville Island. The name was applied by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition (1953-54) because large numbers of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) were sighted on this island. 63°00′S 55°49′W / 63.000°S 55.817°W / -63.000; -55.817 . A group of islands and rocks lying 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) north of Boreal Point, Joinville Island. Roughly surveyed from
609-596: The northeast tip of Antarctic Peninsula and south of Joinville Island. Discovered on January 8, 1893 by Captain Thomas Robertson of the Active and named for the home port, Dundee , Scotland, from whence the ship sailed in company with three other vessels in search of whales. 63°20′S 56°45′W / 63.333°S 56.750°W / -63.333; -56.750 . Body of water about 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) long and from 7 to 12 nautical miles (13 to 22 km; 8.1 to 13.8 mi) wide, separating
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#1732773118031638-550: The northeast tip of Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Antarctic Sound. Discovered and roughly charted in 1838 by a French expedition under Captain Jules Dumont d'Urville , who named it for François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville (1818-1900), the third son of the Due d'Orleans . 63°30′S 55°55′W / 63.500°S 55.917°W / -63.500; -55.917 . Ice-covered island lying east of
667-542: The party, but the Antarctic became trapped in ice and so damaged it eventually sank on 12 February 1903, forcing the crew to winter in a hastily constructed shelter on Paulet Island . Larsen and Nordenskjöld finally rendezvoused at their fall-back rescue hut at Hope Bay in November 1903 and were soon picked up by the corvette ARA Uruguay (commanded by Julián Irízar ), dispatched after Antarctic had failed to make its appointed return to Argentina. Despite its end and
696-486: The separation of Dundee and Joinville Islands. Discovered in 1892–93 by Captain Thomas Robertson of the Dundee whaling expedition and named by him after the Firth of Tay of Scotland. 63°25′S 56°10′W / 63.417°S 56.167°W / -63.417; -56.167 . A sound, averaging 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) wide, extending in an east-northeast direction from Antarctic Sound and joining
725-462: The ship was nearly upon them. 63°29′S 55°39′W / 63.483°S 55.650°W / -63.483; -55.650 . A rock lying east of Eden Rocks, off the east end of Dundee Island. The name Cape Puget was given by Sir James Clark Ross on December 30, 1842, for Captain William D. Puget, Royal Navy, but it is not clear from Ross' text what feature he was naming. The name Puget Rock
754-459: Was "Nordenskjöld", while his mother's family name was spelled "Nordenskiöld". He studied at Uppsala University , obtaining a doctorate in geology in 1894, and later became a lecturer and then associate professor in the university's geology department. Otto Nordenskjöld led mineralogical expeditions to Patagonia in the 1890s, and to Alaska and the Klondike area in 1898. Nordenskjöld led
783-539: Was appointed professor of geography (with commercial geography) and ethnography at University of Gothenburg . Nordenskjöld later explored Greenland in 1909 and returned to South America to explore Chile and Peru in the early 1920s (many samples from this expedition are now displayed at the Natural History Museum in Lima ). He also studied the effects of winter on alpine climate , and developed
812-593: Was given by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1956 in order to preserve Ross' name in this vicinity. 63°29′S 55°40′W / 63.483°S 55.667°W / -63.483; -55.667 . Two rocks lying just off the east end of Dundee Island. A small island was reported here by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, on December 30,1842. He named it "Eden Island" for Captain Charles Eden, Royal Navy. Following survey by
841-438: Was given in 1842 by a British expedition under James Clark Ross to the low western termination of what is now the Joinville Island group. A 1947 survey by the FIDS determined that this western termination is a separate island. 63°07′S 55°57′W / 63.117°S 55.950°W / -63.117; -55.950 . A small circular island lying 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) west of Boreal Point , off
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