Durrance Inlet
| Durrance Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Riiser Larsen Ice Shelf | |
| Land mass | Queen Maud Land , Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 50 ′ S , 16 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| width | 8 kilometers | |
| depth | 19 km | |
The Durrance Inlet is an ice-covered bay at the Princess Martha Coast of the East Antarctic Queen Maud Lands . It is located 16 km north of the Veststraumen Glacier . The bay is 8 km wide, 19 km long and opens onto the Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf .
Aerial photos were taken during a reconnaissance flight of the United States Navy's VXE-6 squadron on November 5, 1967. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the bay in 1970 after Frank McDonald Durrance Jr., the pilot of this reconnaissance flight.
Web links
- Durrance Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Durrance Inlet on geographic.org (English)