Bertius Inlet

Location of Wilkins Coast on Antarctic Peninsula.

Bertius Inlet (Bulgarian: залив Бертий, ‘Zaliv Bertius’ \'za-liv 'ber-tiy\) is the 8.3 km wide ice-filled inlet indenting for 9 km Wilkins Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula. It is entered south of Cape Walcott and north of Cape Hinks, and has its head fed by Lurabee Glacier.

The feature is named after the Flemish geographer and cartographer Petrus Bertius (Pieter de Bert, 1565–1629) who published an early separate map of Terra Australis Incognita in 1616.

Location

Bertius Inlet is centred at 69°10′30″S 63°21′30″W / 69.17500°S 63.35833°WCoordinates: 69°10′30″S 63°21′30″W / 69.17500°S 63.35833°W. British mapping in 1963 and 1976.

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References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.