Feature Name (see definition): Whirlwind Inlet

Feature Class (see definition): Stream

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16511

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 67° 30' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 065° 25' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.5

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -65.4166667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1952

Description (see definition): Ice-filled inlet that recedes inland for 7 mi and is 12 mi wide at its entrance between Cape Northrop and Tent Nunatak, along the E coast of Graham Land. Sir Hubert Wilkins discovered the inlet on his flight of Dec. 20, 1928. Wilkins reported four large glaciers flowing into the inlet, which he named Whirlwind Glaciers because their relative position was suggestive of the radial cylinders of his Wright Whirlwind engine. The inlet was photographed from the air by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940 and charted by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data