Tucker Inlet

Tucker Inlet (72°37′S 169°45′E / 72.617°S 169.750°E / -72.617; 169.750Coordinates: 72°37′S 169°45′E / 72.617°S 169.750°E / -72.617; 169.750) is an ice-filled inlet identing the coast of Victoria Land between Capes Wheatstone and Daniell. Discovered in February 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who named this feature for Charles T. Tucker, master of the Erebus.

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