Keller Inlet
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Keller Inlet is an ice-filled inlet 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, in a NE-SW direction, and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, between Cape Little
and Cape Fiske
, along the east coast of Palmer Land
. This inlet was photographed from the air by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in December 1940, and in 1947 by members of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE) under Ronne, who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) charted it from the ground. Named by Ronne for Louis Keller
of Beaumont, Texas, who contributed supplies to Ronne's expedition.
Cape Little
Cape Little is a cape at the east extremity of the peninsula between Wright and Keller Inlets, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Probably seen from the air by members of the United States Antarctic Service who photographed Wright lnlet in December 1940...
and Cape Fiske
Cape Fiske
Cape Fiske is a cape which forms the east tip of Smith Peninsula, on the east coast of Palmer Land.- Charting :This cape was photographed from the air by members of the US Antarctic Service in December 1940, and in 1947 by members of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition under Ronne, who in...
, 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...
. This inlet was photographed from the air by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in December 1940, and in 1947 by members of 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 Ronne for Louis Keller
Louis Keller
Louis Keller is best known as the German-American New Yorker of wide social acquaintance who assembled and published the New York Social Register, which first appeared in 1886...
of Beaumont, Texas, who contributed supplies to Ronne's expedition.