Casey Inlet
Body of water in Palmer Land, Antarctica
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::summary Body of water in Palmer Land, Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| location | Wilkins Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| type | Inlet |
| oceans | Weddell Sea |
| pushpin_map | Antarctica |
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| name = | image = | alt = | caption = | location = Wilkins Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | group = | coordinates = | type = Inlet | oceans = Weddell Sea | catchment = | basin_countries = | frozen = | islands = | pushpin_map = Antarctica Casey Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet at the terminus of Casey Glacier, between Miller Point and Cape Walcott, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.
Location
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Casey Inlet is on the Wilkins Coast of Palmer Land on the Antarctic Peninsula, beside the Weddell Sea to the east. It is north of Scripps Heights and Stefansson Strait, south of Revelle Inlet and the Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula, southeast of Bowman Inlet, east of the Morgan Upland and northeast of the Wakefield Highland. The mouth of the inlet is between Miller Point to the north and Cape Walcott to the south. The Athene Glacier enters the inlet to the southwest of Mount Argus. The Casey Glacier enters the inlet from the west. It is fed by Sunfix Glacier from the southwest and Grimley Glacier from the west, which joins Casey Glacier just west of Fin Nunatak.
Discoverty and name
Casey Inlet was photographed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1928, Lincoln Ellsworth in 1935 and the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947. The inlet takes its name from Casey Glacier.
Features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Palmer_Land_North_USGS_Sketch.jpg" caption="Northern Palmer Land. Casey Inlet northeast of center of map"] ::
Miller Point
Athene Glacier
Mount Argus
Casey Glacier
Sunfix Glacier
Grimley Glacier
Fin Nunatak
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palmer_Land_North_USGS_Sketch.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-25 |title=Palmer Land |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
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