Violante Inlet
| Violante Inlet | ||
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| Waters | Weddell Sea | |
| Land mass | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Geographical location | 72 ° 35 ′ S , 61 ° 5 ′ W | |
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| width | 26 km | |
| depth | 20 to 24 km | |
| Islands | Pullen Island | |
| Tributaries | Böhnecke Glacier , Defant Glacier , Heezen Glacier , Heirtzler Piedmont Glacier , Maury Glacier | |
The Violante Inlet is an ice-covered bay between Cape Fanning and Cape Herdman at the Black Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula .
It was discovered and first photographed during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) during an overflight in December 1940. The inlet is named after Major (later Colonel ) André Leonard Violante (1894–1968) of the United States Army , who the buildings for which the service's research trip designed and prefabricated.
Web links
- Violante Inlet in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Violante Inlet on geographic.org (English)