Mendelssohn Inlet

Mendelssohn Inlet

Mendelssohn Inlet (71°17′S 72°52′W / 71.283°S 72.867°W / -71.283; -72.867) is an ice-filled inlet, 25 nautical miles (46 km) long and 9 nautical miles (17 km) wide, between Derocher peninsula and Eroica Peninsula on the north side of Beethoven Peninsula, Alexander Island. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41. Resighted and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947-48. Remapped from the RARE photos by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47), German composer.

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