Cadwalader Inlet
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 Map of Thurston Island with Cadwalader Inlet (top right) |
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| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
| Land mass | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 7 ′ S , 96 ° 22 ′ W | |
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| length | 35 km | |
| Tributaries | Deadmond Glacier , Marck Glacier | |
The Cadwalader Inlet is a 35 km long and icy bay on the northeast end of Thurston Island before Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It lies between the Evans and Lofgren peninsula .
It was discovered in February 1960 during helicopter flights from the USCGC Burton Island and the USS Glacier as part of the United States Navy research trip to the Bellingshausen Sea . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named her after Captain John Cadwalader (* 1922) of the United States Navy, Chief of Staff of the officers of the United States Antarctic Program and the mission commander on board the icebreaker USS Burton Island on this research trip.
Web links
- Cadwalader Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cadwalader Inlet on geographic.org (English)