Schubert Inlet
| Schubert Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Wilkins Sound | |
| Land mass | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 70 ° 53 ′ S , 70 ° 31 ′ W | |
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| width | Max. 8 kilometers | |
| depth | 22.5 km | |
| Tributaries | Assafiev Glacier , Balakirew Glacier , Vivaldi Glacier | |
The Schubert Inlet is an ice-covered bay on the west coast of the West Antarctic Alexander Island between the Colbert Mountains and the Walton Mountains .
Aerial photographs of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) were used by the British geographer Derek Searle from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 1960 for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the bay in 1961 after the Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797–1828).
Web links
- Schubert Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Schubert Inlet on geographic.org (English)