Wagoner Inlet

Map of Thurston Island.

Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Wagoner Inlet is an ice-filled inlet between Tinglof and Starr Peninsulas on the north side of Thurston Island. Delineated from aerial photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Charles Wagoner, seaman on the USS Glacier during the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition, a member of the field party engaged in scientific work on Thurston Island in February 1960.

Maps

• Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
• Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Wagoner Inlet" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 72°1′S 99°47′W / 72.017°S 99.783°W / -72.017; -99.783