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Skelton Inlet
The
Skelton Inlet
is an ice-filled
inlet
at the terminus of the
Skelton Glacier
, along the western edge of the
Ross Ice Shelf
in
Antarctica
. The feature is about 16 km (10 mi) wide at the entry points between
Cape Timberlake
and
Fishtail Point
, where it is about 1500 m deep. Its deepest point is 1933 m below sea level. It was discovered by the
British National Antarctic Expedition
(BrNAE), 1901–04, which named this feature for Lt. Reginald W. Skelton (
Royal Navy
), chief engineer of the expedition's ship
RRS Discovery
.
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