Hercules Inlet
| Hercules Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf , Weddell Sea , Southern Ocean | |
| Land mass | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 80 ° 3 ′ 58 ″ S , 79 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Hercules Inlet is a large, narrow and icy bay on the coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It forms part of the southwestern edge of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf and marks the southern end of the Zumberge coast . To the west it is bounded by the southeast flank of the Heritage Range , to the north by the Skytrain Ice Rise .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the bay in 1966 after the Lockheed C-130 Hercules , which the support units of the United States Navy in Antarctica use for the creation of aerial photographs and for the transport of materials.
Web links
- Hercules Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hercules Inlet on geographic.org (English)