Scar Inlet is an area of the Larsen Ice Shelf

Larsen Ice Shelf

The Larsen Ice Shelf is a long, fringing ice shelf in the northwest part of the Weddell Sea, extending along the east coast of Antarctic Peninsula from Cape Longing to the area just southward of Hearst Island...

 immediately northwest of Jason Peninsula

Jason Peninsula

Jason Peninsula is a large peninsula on the east coast of Graham Land comprising several mainly snow-covered summits. It rises above Larsen Ice Shelf and extends from the narrow neck of land east of Medea Dome for 42 miles, terminating in Cape Framnes...

. It is bounded by Tashtego Point

Tashtego Point

Tashtego Point is a rocky point marking the east end of the ridge at the south side of Stubb Glacier, on the east coast of Graham Land. Surveyed and photographed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1947. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Stubb's...

 and Chapman Point

Chapman Point

Chapman Point is a low rounded headland marking the eastern limit of Scar Inlet on the north side of Jason Peninsula, Graham Land. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Sydney Chapman, British geophysicist,...

. Discovered in 1902 by Otto Nordenskjold, leader of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition

Swedish Antarctic Expedition

The Swedish Antarctic Expedition was led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen.-Background:Otto Nordenskjöld, a Swedish geologist and geographer, organized and lead a scientific expedition of the Antarctic Peninsula...

, 1901–04, who gave the name "Scott Bay." That name has not survived in usage, perhaps due to the large number of features already named after Captain Robert F. Scott. The present name was given by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) (1963) after the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research of the International Council

International Council

-Religion:* International Bahá'í Council, an administrative institution of the Bahá'í Faith* International Council of Christians and Jews, an umbrella organization of 38 national groups in 32 countries worldwide engaged in the Christian-Jewish dialogue...

 of Scientific Unions, in recognition of the role of this organization in furthering scientific research in the Antarctic.