Hansen Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet between

Cape Schlossbach Cape Schlossbach () is a headland forming the eastern end of the Prehn Peninsula, located between Hansen Inlet, Hansen and Gardner Inlet, Gardner inlets on the eastern side of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The cape was discovered by Finn Ron ...

and Cape Cox, along the east coast and near the base of the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín 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 mapped by the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...

from ground surveys and

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...

air photos, 1961–67, and was named by the

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

for B. Lyle Hansen who, with Herbert T. Ueda, was in charge of the deep-core drilling program at

Byrd Station The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica. History A joint Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marin ...

for several seasons, 1966–69.

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Inlets of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub