Morgan Inlet

Map of Thurston Island.
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Morgan Inlet is an ice-filled inlet about 18 nautical miles (33 km) long, with two branches, indenting the east end of Thurston Island, Antarctica, between Lofgren Peninsula and Tierney Peninsula. It was discovered in helicopter flights from the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Joseph R. Morgan, U.S. Navy, a hydrographic and oceanographic officer of U.S. Navy Task Force 43 during this expedition.[1]

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 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Morgan Inlet" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 72°16′S 95°54′W / 72.267°S 95.900°W / -72.267; -95.900


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