Bartlett Inlet
| Bartlett Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Southern ocean | |
| Land mass | Marie Byrd Land | |
| Geographical location | 77 ° 13 ′ S , 156 ° 40 ′ W | |
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| width | 26 km | |
| Tributaries | Withrow glacier | |
The Bartlett Inlet is a 26 km wide and icy bay on the Saunders coast of the west Antarctic Marie-Byrd-Land . It is located on the north side of the Edward VII Peninsula east of Cape Colbeck .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the bay from its own surveys and aerial photographs by the United States Navy from 1959 to 1965. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after Lieutenant Eugene F. Bartlett, senior officer at Byrd Station in 1960 .
Web links
- Bartlett Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bartlett Inlet on geographic.org (English)