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Feature Name (see definition): Sweeny Inlet Feature Class (see definition): Stream Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 14909 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 74° 27' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 115° 20' 00" W Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -74.45 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -115.3333333 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): No data Description (see definition): An ice-filled inlet, 18 mi wide, between Spaulding Peninsula and Martin Peninsula on Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. The feature marks the SE end of Getz Ice Shelf. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) aerial photographs, 1959-67. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Captain Timothy A. Sweeny, (CE) USA, officer in charge of the aircraft recovery camp at Dome Charlie (q.v.) on U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz), 1976. Working at this remote camp in the 1975-76 season, the salvage team succeeded in recovering two LC-130 aircraft which had been damaged at Dome Charlie on Jan. 15, 1975, and Nov. 4, 1975. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Sweeny 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 Sweeny Inlet information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweeny Inlet should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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