# Vaughan Inlet

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{{Short description|Body of water in Graham Land, Antarctica}}
thumb|Location of Oscar II Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.
'''Vaughan Inlet''' ({{coord|65|02|15|S|61|36|00|W|display=inline,title}}) is an inlet approximately {{convert|10|mi}} long and {{convert|7.2|mi}} wide between the coastal point formed by [Whiteside Hill](/source/Whiteside_Hill) to the southwest and [Shiver Point](/source/Shiver_Point) to the northeast, on [Oscar II Coast](/source/Oscar_II_Coast) in [Graham Land](/source/Graham_Land), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica). Its head is fed by [Evans Glacier](/source/Evans_Glacier_(Graham_Land)), [Green Glacier](/source/Green_Glacier), [Hektoria Glacier](/source/Hektoria_Glacier) and [Brenitsa Glacier](/source/Brenitsa_Glacier).

The inlet coincides with the southeast part of the ice-covered feature photographed from the air by Sir [Hubert Wilkins](/source/Hubert_Wilkins), December 20, 1928, to which he applied the name "Hektoria Fiords" after the whaling factory ship ''Hektoria'', which transported his expedition to [Deception Island](/source/Deception_Island).  The nature of the feature was altered, revealing open water, by the retreat of the lower parts of [Hektoria](/source/Hektoria_Glacier), [Green](/source/Green_Glacier) and [Evans Glacier](/source/Evans_Glacier_(Graham_Land))s, which followed the calving of the [Larsen Ice Shelf](/source/Larsen_Ice_Shelf) in the area in March 2002.

The inlet was named by [UK-APC](/source/UK-APC) in 2008 after David G. Vaughan, Honorary Professor of Geography, [Swansea University](/source/Swansea_University); [BAS](/source/British_Antarctic_Survey) [Principal Investigator](/source/Principal_investigator) 1999–2008; BAS glaciologist, 1986–99, who has been in the forefront of investigations into the movement and break-up of the [Antarctic ice sheet](/source/Antarctic_ice_sheet).<ref>[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=136792 Vaughan Inlet.] [SCAR](/source/Scientific_Committee_on_Antarctic_Research) [Composite Antarctic Gazetteer](/source/Composite_Antarctic_Gazetteer).</ref>

==Maps==
* [http://www.add.scar.org Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).] Scale 1:250000 [topographic map](/source/topographic_map) of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://copernix.io/#?where=-61.712009213586306,-65.06067189573862,11&?query=&?map_type=hybrid Vaughan Inlet.] Adjusted Copernix satellite image

Category:Inlets of Graham Land
Category:Oscar II Coast

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