Mendelssohn Inlet

Mendelssohn Inlet
	Topographic map of the Beethoven Peninsula (1: 250,000) with the Mendelssohn Inlet (top right)
Waters	Wilkins Sound
Land mass	Alexander I Island , West Antarctica
Geographical location	71 ° 19 ′ S , 72 ° 42 ′ W Coordinates: 71 ° 19 ′ S , 72 ° 42 ′ W
width	15 km
depth	40 km
Tributaries	Holoviak Glacier , Hushen Glacier , Reuning Glacier

The Mendelssohn Inlet is an icy, 40 km long and 15 km wide bay on the north coast of the Beethoven Peninsula on the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It is located between the Derocher and Eroica peninsula in the northeast and is completely occupied by the Mendelssohn Ice Shelf .

The first sighting and rough mapping goes back to scientists of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941). Another sighting and the creation of aerial photographs took place during the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The British geographer Derek Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey used these aerial photographs for a new mapping in 1960. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the inlet on March 2, 1961 after the German composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847).

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