Matterson Inlet
| Matterson Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Ross Sea | |
| Land mass | Shackleton Coast , Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 80 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 160 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ O | |
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| Tributaries | Entrikin Glacier | |
The Matterson Inlet is an ice-filled, fjord-like bay on the Shackleton Coast of the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It lies between Cape Douglas and Penny Point on the western edge of the Ross Ice Shelf . The Entrikin Glacier flows into it.
Participants in a campaign carried out from 1960 to 1961 as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after Garth John Matterson, the leader of a group on this expedition that carried out survey work in the area of the inlet.
Web links
- Matterson Inlet at the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Matterson Inlet on geographic.org