Tucker Inlet
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 Topographic map with Tucker Inlet south of the Hallett Peninsula (center right) |
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| Waters | Ross Sea | |
| Land mass | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 37 ′ S , 169 ° 45 ′ E | |
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| width | 5 km | |
| depth | 11 km | |
| Tributaries | Tucker Glacier , Whitehall Glacier | |
The Tucker Inlet is an ice-covered, fjord-like bay on the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . Its entrance is limited to the north by Cape Wheatstone and to the south by Cape Daniell . The Tucker Glacier and the Whitehall Glacier flow into the inlet .
It was discovered in February 1841 by the British polar explorer James Clark Ross during his Antarctic expedition (1839–1843). Ross named the inlet after Charles T. Tucker, senior deck officer on the research vessel HMS Erebus .
Web links
- Tucker Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tucker Inlet on geographic.org (English)