Schott Inlet
| Schott Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 10 ′ 3 ″ S , 60 ° 51 ′ 20 ″ W | |
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The Schott Inlet is a small icy bay on the Black Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located on the east bank of the Merz Peninsula . Your entrance is limited to the north by Cabo Eusebione and to the south by Flagon Point .
The first aerial photographs were taken in December 1940 during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). Teams from the US Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) and the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it together in 1947. The latter named the bay after the German oceanographer Gerhard Schott (1866-1961).
Web links
- Schott Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Schott Inlet on geographic.org (English)