Hilton Inlet
| Hilton Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Palmerland , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 58 ′ S , 61 ° 40 ′ W | |
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| width | 19 km | |
| depth | approx. 35 km | |
| Tributaries | Beaumont Glacier , Gruening Glacier , Spieß Glacier | |
The Hilton Inlet is an ice-covered bay at the Black Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . Your entrance is between Cape Darlington and Cape Knowles .
Participants of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered it in 1940. It is named after Donald Cross Hilton (1909–1990), a member of the expedition who was involved in surveying the coastline up to this bay.
Web links
- Hilton Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hilton Inlet on geographic.org (English)