Lehrke Inlet is an ice-filled inlet, 8 nautical miles (15 km) wide, which recedes southwest for 17 nautical miles (31 km) between Cape Boggs

Cape Boggs

Cape Boggs is a bold, ice-covered headland marking the east extremity of Eielson Peninsula, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by members of East Base of the United States Antarctic Service who charted this coast by land and from the air in 1940. Named for S.W. Boggs, Geographer, Dept...

 and Cape Sharbonneau

Cape Sharbonneau

Cape Sharbonneau is a rounded, snow-covered headland forming the south side of the entrance to Lehrke Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Members of the East Base of the United States Antarctic Service explored this coast in 1940. They charted this feature as an island which they named for...

, 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 by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) who explored this coast on land and from the air in 1940. Named for Lester Lehrke, boatswain's mate of the Bear, one of the expedition ships, and sailmaker of the East Base.