This page presents the geographical name data for
Carroll Inlet in Antarctica, as supplied by the US military intelligence in electronic format, including the geographic coordinates and place name in various forms, latin, roman and native characters, and its location in its respective country's administrative division
Feature Name
(see definition):
Carroll Inlet
Feature Class
(see definition):
Stream
Country Code
(see definition): AQ (Antarctica)
Feature ID
(see definition):
2473
Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
73° 18' 00" S
Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds
(see definition):
078° 30' 00" W
Primary Latitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-73.3
Primary Longitude in decimal degrees
(see definition):
-78.5
Elevation
(see definition):
No data
Decision Year
(see definition):
01/01/1947
Description
(see definition):
An inlet, 40 mi long and 6 mi wide, trending SE along the coast of Ellsworth Land between Rydberg Peninsula and Smyley Island. The head of the inlet is divided into two arms by the presence of Case Island and is bounded to the E by Stange Ice Shelf. Discovered on an airplane flight, Dec. 22, 1940, by members of the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939-41), and named after Arthur J. Carroll, chief aerial photographer on U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) flights from the East Base.
Date Created
(see definition):
No data
Date Edited
(see definition):
No data
NOTE: The information regarding
Carroll Inlet in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of
Carroll Inlet information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about
Carroll Inlet should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.