Hess inlet
| Hess inlet | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 13 ′ 14 ″ S , 64 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Tributaries | Hess glacier | |
The Hess Inlet is a bay on the Foyn coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located 16 km southwest of Monnier Point . Your entrance is between Battle Point and Mamelon Point . Its south bank is dominated by Mount Thorarinsson . The Hess glacier flows into it .
Scientists from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey took surveys in December 1947. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1982 based on the naming of the glacier of the same name. Its namesake is the German glaciologist Hans Hess (1864–1940).
Web links
- Hess Inlet in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)