Potaka Inlet
Map of Thurston Island.
Satellite image of Thurston Island.
Potaka Inlet is a narrow ice-filled inlet about 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, indenting the north side of Thurston Island immediately east of Starr Peninsula. First delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in December 1946. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Dr. Louis H. Potaka, medical officer with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1933–35.
Maps[]
- Thurston Island – Jones Mountains. 1:500000 Antarctica Sketch Map. US Geological Survey, 1967.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Potaka Inlet". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 
Coordinates: 72°2′S 99°23′W / 72.033°S 99.383°W
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