Mobiloil Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet, nurtured by several northeast and east flowing glaciers, lying between the
Rock Pile Peaks
The Rock Pile Peaks () are a cluster of peaks rising to between Wilson Pass and Rock Pile Point on Bermel Peninsula, Bowman Coast, Graham Land in Antarctica.
The peaks were photographed from the air by Sir Hubert Wilkins in 1928 and Lincoln ...
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San MartÃn in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...
. It was discovered by
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar (31 October 188830 November 1958), commonly referred to as Captain Wilkins, was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer. He was awarded the Military Cross afte ...
in a flight on December 20, 1928, and named by him after a product of the
Vacuum Oil Company
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of Australia.
Yates Spur
Yates Spur () is a prominent rock spur on the south side of Mobiloil Inlet, Bowman Coast, at the west side of the terminus of Earnshaw Glacier. The spur was photographed from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth, 1935, United States Antarctic Service (USA ...
, a prominent rock
spur
A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse or other animal to move forward or laterally while riding. It is usually used to refine the riding aids (commands) and to back ...