Feature Name (see definition): Mendelssohn Inlet

Feature Class (see definition): Stream

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 9850

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 71° 17' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 072° 52' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -71.2833333

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.8666667

Elevation (see definition): No data

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1961

Description (see definition): Ice-filled inlet, 25 mi long and 9 mi wide, between Derocher peninsula and Eroica Peninsula on the N side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Resighted and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48. Remapped from the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) photos by Searle of the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) after Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47), German composer.

Date Created (see definition): No data

Date Edited (see definition): No data