Bertius Inlet
| Bertius Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Palmerland , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 10 ′ 30 " S , 63 ° 21 ′ 30" W | |
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| width | 8.3 km | |
| depth | 9 km | |
| Tributaries | Lurabee Glacier | |
The Bertius Inlet is a 8.3 km wide, 9 km long and icy bay at the Wilkins Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located south of Cape Walcott and north of Cape Hinks .
British scientists mapped them in 1963 and 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2013 after the Flemish geographer and cartographer Petrus Bertius (actually Pieter de Bert , 1565–1629), who in 1616 published a map of the Terra Australis Incognita .
Web links
- Bertius Inlet in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)