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Martel Inlet (62°5′S 58°22′W / 62.083°S 58.367°W / -62.083; -58.367 Admiralty Bay , King George Island , in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica. The inlet and most of its constituent features were charted in December 1909 by the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot and named "Fiord Martel" after J.L. Martel, a French politician.[ 3] Ullmann Spur is located at the head of the inlet.[ 4]
Visca Anchorage is the northwestern cove of Martel Inlet. It was named by Charcot for an acquaintance in Montevideo .[ 5] shoal with a least depth of 18 m (59 ft). It was charted in 1927 by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery and named after the leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx [ 6]
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^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Antarctica" . The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 23 May 2017 . ^ a b c d List of Lights, Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF) . List of Lights United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency . 2017.^ "Martel Inlet" . Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2020-09-11 .^ "Ullmann Spur" . Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2020-09-11 .^ "Visca Anchorage" . Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2020-09-11 .^ "Sea Leopard Patch" . Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2020-09-11 .
public domain material from "Martel Inlet" . Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey .
