Carroll Inlet
| Carroll Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Bellingshausen Lake , Southern Ocean | |
| Land mass | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 12 ′ S , 78 ° 48 ′ W | |
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| width | 10 km | |
| length | 64 km | |
| Islands | Sims Island | |
| Tributaries | Mountain Ice Stream | |
The Carroll Inlet is a bay on the English coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It lies to the south-east between the Rydberg Peninsula and the Smyley Island . At the head end, it is divided into two branches by the Case Island and is bounded to the east by the Rod Ice Shelf .
It was discovered on December 22, 1940 during an overflight by participants in the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941). It is named after the US aerial photographer Arthur James Carroll (1907–1992), a member of the expedition.
Web links
- Carroll Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Carroll Inlet on geographic.org (English)