Wright Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet receding westward between

Cape Little Cape Little () is a cape at the eastern extremity of the peninsula between Wright Inlet and Keller Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was probably seen from the air by members of the United States Antarctic Service who photogr ...

and

Cape Wheeler Cape Wheeler () is an abrupt rock scarp rising to 460 metres, an Antarctic headland which forms the north side of the entrance to Wright Inlet on the east coast of Palmer Land. The cape was photographed from the air in 1940 by the United States Ant ...

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 The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has presence in the A ...

(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 The American Geographical Society (AGS) is an organization of professional geographers, founded in 1851 in New York City. Most fellows of the society are Americans, but among them have always been a significant number of fellows from around the ...

, which lent its auspices to Ronne's expedition.

References

Inlets of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub

See also

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