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]

Maps

Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

References

↑ "Morgan Inlet". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-11-07.

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

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