Schubert Inlet () is an ice-filled
inlet, 14 nautical miles (26 km) long and 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, indenting the west coast of
Alexander Island
Alexander Island, which is also known as Alexander I Island, Alexander I Land, Alexander Land, Alexander I Archipelago, and Zemlja Alexandra I, is the largest island of Antarctica. It lies in the Bellingshausen Sea west of Palmer Land, Antarc ...
lying between the
Colbert north of the inlet and the
Walton Mountains
Walton Mountains is an isolated chain of three predominantly snow-covered mountain masses, rising to about 1,450 m at Mount McArthur, extending south from Schubert Inlet for 25 miles (40 km) in central Alexander Island, Antarctica. The mou ...
south of the inlet. Schubert Inlet receives ice flowing into it throughout the whole year mainly because the inlet is adjacent to the
Wilkins Ice Shelf (which lies immediately west). The inlet was first mapped from air photos taken by the
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947–48, by Searle of the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic o ...
in 1960. Named by the
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee
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for
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wo ...
(1797–1828), Austrian
composer.
See also
*
Britten Inlet
*
Haydn Inlet
*
Stravinsky Inlet
Further reading
* M. Braun, A. Humbert, and A. Moll,
Changes of Wilkins Ice Shelf over the past 15 years and inferences on its stability', The Cryosphere, 3, 41–56, 2009 www.the-cryosphere.net/3/41/2009/
External links
Schubert Inleton
USGS
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website
Schubert Inleton
SCAR
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website
References
Inlets of Alexander Island
Franz Schubert
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