Brahms Inlet

Brahms Inlet
	Topographic map of the Beethoven Peninsula (1: 250,000) with Brahms Inlet (center)
Waters	Wilkins Sound
Land mass	Alexander I Island , West Antarctica
Geographical location	71 ° 30 ′ S , 73 ° 39 ′ W Coordinates: 71 ° 30 ′ S , 73 ° 39 ′ W
width	10 km
length	40 km
Tributaries	Brahms Ice Shelf , Lyadow Glacier , Varlamow Glacier

The Brahms Inlet is an ice-covered, 40 km long and 10 km wide bay on the north coast of the Beethoven Peninsula on the West Antarctic Alexander Island . It is located between the Harris and Derocher Peninsula in the east. The inlet is taken by the Brahms Ice Shelf .

The first mapping and aerial photographs were taken during the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey used these aerial photographs for a new mapping in 1960. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the inlet on March 2, 1961 after the German composer Johannes Brahms (1786-1826).

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