New Bedford Inlet
| New Bedford Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 26 ′ S , 61 ° 4 ′ W | |
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| width | 14 km | |
| depth | 40 km | |
| Tributaries | Douglas Glacier , Meinardus Glacier , Mosby Glacier , Wells Glacier | |
The New Bedford Inlet is a 40 km long, 14 km wide, sac-like and icy bay at the Lassiter Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between Cape Kidson and Cape Brooks .
Scientists from the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) discovered and photographed the bay at a flyover in December 1940. It is named them after the port city of New Bedford in the State of Massachusetts , that of the 19th century a stronghold of whaling in New England was .
Web links
- New Bedford Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- New Bedford Inlet on geographic.org