Kirwan Inlet
| Kirwan Inlet | ||
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| Waters | George VI Sound | |
| Land mass | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 15 ′ S , 68 ° 42 ′ W | |
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| width | 19 km | |
| depth | 11 km | |
The Kirwan Inlet is a 19-km wide and 11 km long bay on the southeast coast of the West Antarctic Alexander Island . The bay is occupied by the ice masses of George VI Sound , which merge seamlessly into those on the island.
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a rough mapping in 1949. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the bay in 1955 after Archibald Laurence Patrick Kirwan (1907–1999), President and Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society from 1945 to 1975.
Web links
- Kirwan Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kirwan Inlet on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary: Sir Laurence Kirwan. In: The Independent , May 7, 1999 (accessed March 14, 2016).