Koether Inlet
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 Map of Thurston Island with Koether Inlet (center right) |
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| Waters | Bellingshausen lake | |
| Land mass | Thurston Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 1 ′ S , 97 ° 15 ′ W | |
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| length | 29 km | |
| Tributaries | Goff glacier | |
The Koether Inlet is 29 km long and icy bay in the north of Thurston Island before Eights Coast of the West Antarctic Ellsworthlands . It lies between the Edwards and Evans Peninsula .
It was discovered during flights of the United States Navy's VX-6 squadron in January 1960. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1960 after Bernard Koether, navigator of the icebreaker USS Glacier , which was operated by the US Navy in February 1960 Research trip into the Bellingshausen Sea together with the USCGC Burton Island was involved in the mapping of the coast of Thurston Island and its bays.
Web links
- Koether Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Koether Inlet on geographic.org (English)