Wright Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet receding westward between Cape Little and Cape Wheeler along the east coast of

Palmer Land Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...

. The inlet was photographed from the air in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) and in 1947 by the

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Background Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored exp ...

(RARE) under Ronne. Named by Ronne for

John K. Wright John, Johnny, or Johnnie Wright may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature *John Wright (poet) (1805–1843), Scottish poet *John Clifton Wright (born 1948), American sailor and author *John C. Wright (author) (born 1961), American science fi ...

, Director of the American Geographical Society, which lent its auspices to Ronne's expedition.

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Inlets of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub

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