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23-588: Gardner Inlet ( 74°58′S 62°52′W  /  74.967°S 62.867°W  / -74.967; -62.867  ( Gardner Inlet ) ) is a large, ice-filled inlet at the southwest side of Bowman Peninsula, on the east coast of Palmer Land , Antarctica. Download coordinates as: Gardner inlet is between the Lassiter Coast and the Orville Coast of the Weddell Sea to the east. It

46-497: Is at the southeast end of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula , which is defined as a line between Cape Adams at the mouth of the inlet and a point on the mainland coast south of Eklund Islands . It therefore lies on the boundary between Palmer Land to the north and Ellsworth Land to the south. Gardner Inlet is separated from Hansen Inlet to the southwest by Cape Schlossbach. Both inlets are ice-covered, and join

69-589: Is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula , Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz . This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names and the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee , in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica, and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for

92-608: The Guettard Range and Rare Range into the north part of Gardner Inlet. Discovered by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, who named it for George J. Irvine, of the Engineer Depot at Fort Belvoir, VA, who outlined the RARE photographic program. 74°53′S 63°10′W  /  74.883°S 63.167°W  / -74.883; -63.167 . Conspicuous rock mass rising to 955 metres (3,133 ft) high, projecting into

115-791: The Ronne Ice Shelf on the coast. The Scaife Mountains are to the east of Gardner Inlet, separated from the Latady Mountains to the northeast by the Ketchum Glacier, which flows into the inlet from the west. The Strange Glacier joins the Ketchum Glacier from the north near its mouth in the inlet south of Mount Austin. The Wetmore Glacier is joined by the Irvine Glacier and flows from the north into Gardner Inlet. Bowman Peninsula terminating in Cape Adams defines

138-616: The Latady Mountains, draining southeast along the south side of Grain Ridge to enter Gardner Inlet between Schmitt Mesa and Mount Austin. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Donald L. Strange, hospital corpsman at South Pole Station in 1964. 74°38′S 63°35′W  /  74.633°S 63.583°W  / -74.633; -63.583 . Glacier about 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) long, flowing southeast between

161-559: The RARE under Ronne, 1947-48, who named it for Commander Isaac Schlossbach, United States Navy (Ret.), second-incommand of the expedition and commander of the ship Port of Beaumont, Texas. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey . Palmer Land Palmer Land ( 71°30′S 065°00′W  /  71.500°S 65.000°W  / -71.500; -65.000 )

184-629: The RARE under Ronne, who in conjunction with the FIDS charted it from the ground. Named by Ronne for Arthur Owen, trail man with the RARE. 74°30′S 62°18′W  /  74.500°S 62.300°W  / -74.500; -62.300 . A prominent cliff standing close southeast of Mount Owen in the east end of the Guettard Range. First mapped by the RARE-FIDS joint sledge party in 1947-48. Named for Lawrence D. Kelsey, radio operator with

207-520: The RARE, 1947-48. 74°33′S 62°39′W  /  74.550°S 62.650°W  / -74.550; -62.650 . Mountain about 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west of Kelsey Cliff in the southeast part of Guettard Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Irwin R. Lampert, storekeeper at South Pole Station in 1964. 74°33′S 63°08′W  /  74.550°S 63.133°W  / -74.550; -63.133 . A mountain on

230-419: The RARE, 1947–48, under Ronne, and named by him for Lieutenant Charles J. Adams of the then United States ArmyAF, pilot with the expedition. 75°08′S 63°06′W  /  75.133°S 63.100°W  / -75.133; -63.100 . Cape forming the east end of Prehn Peninsula , located between Gardner Inlet and Hansen Inlet on the east side of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula . Discovered by

253-620: The Rare Range and Latady Mountains into the north part of Gardner Inlet. Discovered by the RARE, 1947–48, under Ronne, who named this feature for Alexander Wetmore, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who assisted Ronne in laying out the scientific research program of the expedition. 74°42′S 63°15′W  /  74.700°S 63.250°W  / -74.700; -63.250 . A glacier, 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) long, draining southeast between

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276-581: The South Pole Station winter party in 1965. 74°25′S 62°30′W  /  74.417°S 62.500°W  / -74.417; -62.500 . A mountain, 1,105 metres (3,625 ft) high, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Kelsey Cliff at the south side of Johnston Glacier. This mountain was photographed from the air in December 1940 by the USAS, and in 1947 by

299-557: The University of Wisconsin geological party to the Eights Station area, summer 1965-66. 74°23′S 63°02′W  /  74.383°S 63.033°W  / -74.383; -63.033 . A spur in the central part of the Guettard Range, extending eastward to the flank of Johnston Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas M. Johnston, equipment operator with

322-540: The base of Cetus Hill . This feature is named after Nathaniel Palmer , an American sealer who explored the Antarctic Peninsula area southward of Deception Island in the sloop Hero in November 1820. This Palmer Land location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Guettard Range Download coordinates as: The Guettard Range is in southeast Palmer Land , in

345-514: The base of Palmer Land, about 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) long, descending between the Latady Mountains and Scaife Mountains into Gardner Inlet. Discovered by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, who named it for Commander Gerald Ketchum, United States Navy, commander of the icebreaker Burton Island which broke the ice to free the RARE from Marguerite Bay for the return home. 74°50′S 65°08′W  /  74.833°S 65.133°W  / -74.833; -65.133 . A large glacier on

368-764: The base of the Antarctic Peninsula . It runs in a south-southeast direction between the Irvine Glacier to the west and the Johnston Glacier to the east. It terminates in the Bowman Peninsula between Gardner Inlet and Nantucket Inlet on the Lassiter Coast of the Weddell Sea . The Latady Mountains are west of the Irvine Glacier, and the Hutton Mountains are east of the Johnson Glacier. The Playfair Mountains are to

391-438: The east coast of Palmer Land. The peninsula is ice covered and narrows toward the south, terminating in Cape Adams. Discovered by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, who named it for Isaiah Bowman. 75°04′S 62°20′W  /  75.067°S 62.333°W  / -75.067; -62.333 . Abrupt rock scarp marking the south tip of Bowman Peninsula and forming the north side of the entrance to Gardner Inlet. Discovered by

414-632: The head of Gardner Inlet. Discovered by the RARE, 1947-48, under Ronne, and named by him for Stephen F. Austin, American colonizer in Texas and one of the founders of the Republic of Texas. 74°47′S 62°22′W  /  74.783°S 62.367°W  / -74.783; -62.367 . A peninsula, 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) long in a north–south direction and 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) wide in its north and central portions, lying between Nantucket Inlet and Gardner Inlet on

437-533: The northeast. A largely featureless ice field is to the northwest. Features of the range, from north to south, include Mount Laudon, Johnston Spur, Mount Owen, Kelsey Cliff, Mount Lampert and Mount Mull. The Guettard Range was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48. It was mapped from United States Geological Survey (USGS) surveys and United States Navy air photographs, 1961–67, and

460-795: The northeastern side of the inlet. Gardner Inlet was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, under Finn Ronne . He named it for Irvine Clifton Gardner , a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards , and member of the American Antarctic Association, Inc., the organization set up to make plans and preparations for the expedition. His work in the field of optics as applied to aerial photography has been an important contribution to this technique in polar exploration. 75°00′S 63°45′W  /  75.000°S 63.750°W  / -75.000; -63.750 . Eastward flowing glacier at

483-476: The northern and southern portions, respectively. The line dividing them is roughly 69° S. In its southern extreme, the Antarctic Peninsula stretches west, with Palmer Land eventually bordering Ellsworth Land along the 80° W line of longitude. Palmer Land is bounded in the south by the ice-covered Carlson Inlet , an arm of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf , which crosses the 80° W line. This is

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506-756: The west side of Latady Mountains, flowing south-southeast to join Ketchum Glacier, west of Gardner Inlet on the Lassiter Coast. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1961-67. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lawrence Edward Brown, geologist; member of the USGS field party which crossed this glacier, 1969-70. 74°50′S 63°40′W  /  74.833°S 63.667°W  / -74.833; -63.667 . A glacier in

529-563: Was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for French naturalist and geologist Jean-Étienne Guettard , 1715-86. 74°13′S 64°03′W  /  74.217°S 64.050°W  / -74.217; -64.050 . A prominent mountain standing 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) north of Mount Crowell in the northwest part of Guettard Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas S. Laudon, geologist at Byrd Station, summer 1960-61, and member of

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