Hondius Inlet
| Hondius Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Graham Land , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 68 ° 4 ′ 50 ″ S , 64 ° 55 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| width | 5.7 km | |
| depth | 6.7 km | |
The Hondius Inlet (English, Bulgarian залив Хондий saliw Chondij ) is an icy, 5.7 km wide and 6.7 km long bay at the top of Joerg Peninsula on the Bowman Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located southeast of the Three Slice Nunatak .
British scientists mapped them in 1963 and 1976. The Bulgarian Commission for Antarctic Geographical Names named them in 2013 after the Flemish cartographer Jodocus Hondius (1563–1612), whose world map published in 1595 shows the southern continent Terra Australis for the first time, both from Tierra del Fuego and New Guinea is shown separately.
Web links
- Hondius Inlet in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)