Howkins Inlet is an ice-filled inlet which recedes southwest 6 nautical miles (11 km) between Cape Brooks

Cape Brooks

Cape Brooks is a cape marked by steep, conspicuous walls which rise to , forming the south side of the entrance to New Bedford Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land...

 and Lamb Point

Lamb Point

Lamb Point is a low, ice-covered point forming the south side of the entrance to Howkins Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service...

, along the east coast of Palmer Land

Palmer Land

Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...

. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS). During 1947 it was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition

The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...

 (RARE) under Ronne, who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted it from the ground. Named by the FIDS for G. Howkins, meteorologist with the FIDS base at Deception Island in 1944-45.