Geikie Inlet
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Geikie Inlet is an inlet along the coast of Victoria Land
, formed between the cliffs of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the north and Lamplugh Island
and the seaward extension of Clarke Glacier
on the south. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901–04, under Scott, who named it after Sir Archibald Geikie (Geikie Glacier
q.v.), who gave much assistance in preparing the expedition.
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
, formed between the cliffs of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the north and Lamplugh Island
Lamplugh Island
Lamplugh Island is an ice-capped island, 10 nautical miles long, lying 4 nautical miles north of Whitmer Peninsula, along the coast of Victoria Land. This feature was first sighted by the Discovery expedition led by Scott, 1901–04, but it was first charted as an island by the British Antarctic...
and the seaward extension of Clarke Glacier
Clarke Glacier (Victoria Land)
Clarke Glacier is a 5 mile long glacier, which drains east to the coast of Victoria Land, immediately north of Lewandowski Point. The seaward extremity of this glacier merges with the flow of Davis Glacier and other glaciers from the south and contributes to the floating tongue of ice between...
on the south. Discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901–04, under Scott, who named it after Sir Archibald Geikie (Geikie Glacier
Geikie Glacier
Geikie Glacier is a glacier which flows northeast to Mercer Bay, at the southwest end of Cumberland West Bay, South Georgia. First charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Nordenskjold, who named it after Sir Archibald Geikie , noted Scottish geologist and Director-General of...
q.v.), who gave much assistance in preparing the expedition.