Lehrke Inlet
Inlet in Antarctica
Lehrke Inlet (70°49′S 61°45′W) is an ice-filled inlet, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) wide, which recedes southwest for 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) between Cape Boggs and Cape Sharbonneau, along the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica.
Location
The Lehrke Inlet of the Weddell Sea is on the east coast of Palmer Land, at the north end of the Black Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
It is south of the Eielson Peninsula and Dolleman Island, and north of the Imshaug Peninsula and Steele Island.
The Eland Mountains are to the northwest and the Welch Mountains are to the west-southwest.
Glaciers feeding the inlet include, clockwise from the south, Gain Glacier, Dana Glacier, Yates Glacier, Matheson Glacier and Ashton Glacier.
Other features include Cape Boggs, Cape Sharbonneau, Mount Hill on the Imshaus Peninsula, Neilson Peak on the Parmalee Massif, and Dawson Head.
Discovery and name
Lehrke Inlet was discovered by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) who explored this coast on land and from the air in 1940.
It was named for Lester Lehrke, boatswain's mate of USS Bear, one of the expedition ships, and sailmaker of the East Base.
Glaciers
Dana Glacier
70°55′S 62°23′W.
A glacier about 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) long.
It drains the slopes at the southeast side of the Welch Mountains and flows east then northeast to discharge into the head of Lehrke Inlet just north of Parmelee Massif.
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