Wright 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 | Orville Coast, Antarctica |
| coordinates | |
| type | Inlet |
| oceans | Weddell Sea |
| catchment | |
| pushpin_map | Antarctica |
| :: |
| name = | image = | alt = | caption = | location = Orville Coast, Antarctica | group = | coordinates = | type = Inlet | oceans = Weddell Sea | catchment = | basin_countries = | frozen = | islands = | pushpin_map = Antarctica Wright Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet receding westward between Cape Little and Cape Wheeler along 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."] ::
Wright Inlet is on the Lassiter Coast of southern Palmer Land, opening onto the Weddell Sea to the east. The Hutton Mountains are to the southwest, the Playfair Mountains to the west and the Werner Mountains are to the northwest. It is north of Keller Inlet and south of Howkins Inlet. Piggott Peninsula lies on the north side of the inlet. Cape Wheeler to the north and Cape Little to the south define the mouth of the inlet. The inlet is fed by the Waverley Glacier, which enters from the east. Further inland it is fed from the west by Squires Glacier and Swann Glacier.
Discovery and name
Wright Inlet inlet was photographed from the air in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) and in 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Finn Ronne. It was named by Ronne for John Kirtland Wright, Director of the American Geographical Society, which lent its auspices to Ronne's expedition.
Features
Cape Wheeler
Cape Little
Waverley Glacier
Squires Glacier
Swann Glacier
Joughin Glacier
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= }}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=19164 |name=Joughin Glacier}}
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