Lehrke Inlet
| Lehrke Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 49 ′ S , 61 ° 45 ′ W | |
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| width | 27 km | |
| depth | 13 km | |
| Tributaries | Ashton Glacier , Dana Glacier , Matheson Glacier , Yates Glacier | |
The Lehrke Inlet is an icy, 13 km long and 27 km wide bay on the Black coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located between Cape Boggs in the northeast and Cape Sharbonneau in the southwest.
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered and photographed the bay during an overflight in December 1940. It is named after Lester Lehrke (1910–1988), boatswain aboard the research vessel USS Bear during the research voyage and sailmaker of the East Base on Stonington Island .
Web links
- Lehrke Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lehrke Inlet on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Lester Lehrke on the homepage to commemorate the United States Antarctic Service (English, accessed on January 9, 2016).