Mobiloil Inlet

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Mobiloil Inlet (

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68°35′S 64°45′W / 68.583°S 64.750°W / -68.583; -64.750Coordinates: 68°35′S 64°45′W / 68.583°S 64.750°W / -68.583; -64.750) is an ice-filled inlet, nurtured by several northeast and east flowing glaciers, lying between the Rock Pile Peaks and Hollick-Kenyon Peninsula along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins in a flight on December 20, 1928, and named by him after a product of the Vacuum Oil Company of Australia.[1] Yates Spur, a prominent rock spur, projects from the south side of the inlet.[2]

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  1. ^ "Mobiloil Inlet". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  2. ^ "Yates Spur". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-28.

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


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