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Wagoner Inlet

Location in Antarctica

Map of Thurston Island

Satellite image of Thurston Island

Wagoner Inlet (72°1′S 99°47′W / 72.017°S 99.783°W / -72.017; -99.783) is an ice-filled inlet between Tinglof Peninsula and Starr Peninsula 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.

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