Mossman Inlet
| Mossman Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 17 ′ S , 60 ° 33 ′ W | |
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| length | 16 km | |
The Mossman Inlet is a narrow and icy bay at the Lassiter Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . At the southeast end of the Kemp Peninsula , it extends northeast of New Bedford Inlet between Cape Kidson and Jeffries Bluff over a length of 16 km in a northerly direction.
It was first photographed from the air in December 1940 during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). Further aerial photographs were taken in 1947 as part of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948) under the direction of the US polar explorer Finn Ronne , during which the mapping was carried out in cooperation with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The FIDS named the inlet after Robert C. Mossman (1870-1940), British meteorologist and climatologist and member of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-1904) led by William Speirs Bruce .
Web links
- Mossman Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mossman Inlet on geographic.org (English)