Larsen Inlet

Larsen Inlet is an inlet, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long in a north–south direction and 7 nautical miles (13 km) wide, between Cape Longing and Cape Sobral along the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Carl Anton Larsen, a Norwegian whaling captain, reported a large bay in this area in 1893, and Larsen's name was suggested for the feature by Edwin Swift Balch in 1902. The inlet was re-identified and charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1947.[1] It was ice-filled in 1986 then mostly ice-free in 1988.[2] Mount Brading lies 4 nautical miles (7 km) east of the northeast corner of Larsen Inlet.

References
  1. "Larsen Inlet". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. Scientists Trek to Collapsing Glaciers to Assess Antarctica’s Meltdown and Sea-Level Rise 16 July 2012 Scientific American

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