Feature Name (see definition): Shackleton Inlet

Feature Class (see definition): Stream

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 13625

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 82° 19' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 164° 00' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -82.3166667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 164

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1947

Description (see definition): A reentrant, about 10 mi wide, between Cape Wilson and Cape Lyttelton. It is occupied by the terminus of Nimrod Glacier descending at a low gradient from the bordering highlands to the Ross Ice Shelf Discovered by Captain Robert F. Scott, Royal Navy (RN), in December 1902, while on his attempted trip to the South Pole. He was accompanied on this trip by Dr. Edward A. Wilson and Lieutenant (later Sir) Ernest H. Shackleton, Royal Navy Reserve (RNR),) for whom this inlet was named.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data