Gardner Inlet
Body of water in Palmer Land, Antarctica
title: "Gardner Inlet" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["inlets-of-ellsworth-land", "inlets-of-palmer-land"] description: "Body of water in Palmer Land, Antarctica" topic_path: "general/inlets-of-ellsworth-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner_Inlet" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Body of water in Palmer Land, Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| location | Orville Coast, Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| type | Inlet |
| oceans | Weddell Sea |
| catchment | |
| pushpin_map | Antarctica |
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| name = | image = | alt = | caption = | location = Orville Coast, Antarctica | group = | coordinates = | type = Inlet | oceans = Weddell Sea | catchment = | basin_countries = | frozen = | islands = | pushpin_map = Antarctica Gardner Inlet () is a large, ice-filled inlet at the southwest side of Bowman Peninsula, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Ellsworth_Land_-_Palmer_Land.jpg" caption="Eastern Ellsworth Land (south), Southern Palmer Land (north). Gardner Inlet in center east of map."] ::
Gardner inlet is between the Lassiter Coast and the Orville Coast of the Weddell Sea to the east. It is at the southeast end of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is defined as a line between Cape Adams at the mouth of the inlet and a point on the mainland coast south of Eklund Islands. It therefore lies on the boundary between Palmer Land to the north and Ellsworth Land to the south.
Gardner Inlet is separated from Hansen Inlet to the southwest by Cape Schlossbach. Both inlets are ice-covered, and join the Ronne Ice Shelf on the coast. The Scaife Mountains are to the east of Gardner Inlet, separated from the Latady Mountains to the northeast by the Ketchum Glacier, which flows into the inlet from the west. The Strange Glacier joins the Ketchum Glacier from the north near its mouth in the inlet south of Mount Austin. The Wetmore Glacier is joined by the Irvine Glacier and flows from the north into Gardner Inlet. Bowman Peninsula terminating in Cape Adams defines the northeastern side of the inlet.
Discovery and name
Gardner Inlet was discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, under Finn Ronne. He named it for Irvine Clifton Gardner, a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards, and member of the American Antarctic Association, Inc., the organization set up to make plans and preparations for the expedition. His work in the field of optics as applied to aerial photography has been an important contribution to this technique in polar exploration.
Glaciers
Ketchum Glacier
Alberts (1995) says Palmer Land is the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula, which extends north from Cape Adams, the Scaife Mountains are in Ellsworth Land and the Latady Mountains to the north of Ketchum Glacier are in Palmer Land. The Ketchum Glacier therefore forms the boundary between Palmer Land to the north and Ellsworth Land to the south in this area.}}
Brown Glacier
Strange Glacier
Wetmore Glacier
Irvine Glacier
Other features
Mount Austin
Bowman Peninsula
Cape Adams
Cape Schlossbach
Notes
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:Ellsworth_Land_-_Palmer_Land.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-19 |title=Ellsworth Land - Palmer Land |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
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