Carroll Inlet () is an inlet, long and wide, trending southeast along the coast of

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...

between the

Rydberg Peninsula Rydberg Peninsula is a broad ice-covered peninsula, long, between Fladerer Bay and Carroll Inlet, Palmer Land. Rydberg Peninsula is located at . Rydberg Peninsula was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Nav ...

and

Smyley Island Smyley Island is an Antarctic island lying off the Antarctic Peninsula. The island is long and from wide, and lies about north of Case Island. It connects to the Stange Ice Shelf and is separated from Alexander Island by the Ronne Entrance. ...

. The head of the inlet is divided into two arms by the presence of

Case Island Case Island is a roughly circular ice-covered island, in diameter, lying off the coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. The island lies in Carroll Inlet between the mainland and Smyley Island. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ...

and is bounded to the east by

Stange Ice Shelf Stange Ice Shelf (), is an Antarctic ice shelf in Stange Sound, English Coast, bounded to the east by Spaatz Island, to the northwest by Smyley Island, and to the west by fast ice in Carroll Inlet. Named in association with Stange Sound. In con ...

. It was discovered on an airplane flight, 22 December 1940, by members of 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) (1939–1941), and named after

Arthur J. Carroll Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...

, chief aerial photographer on USAS flights from the East Base.

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Inlets of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub