Cadwalader Inlet is an ice-filled inlet about long, indenting the northeast coast of

Thurston Island Thurston Island is an ice-covered, glacially dissected island, long, wide and in area, lying a short way off the northwest end of Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. It is the third-largest island of Antarctica, after Alexander Island and Berkner Is ...

between Evans Peninsula and Lofgren Peninsula. It was discovered on helicopter flights from the USS ''Burton Island'' and USS ''Glacier'' by personnel of the U.S. Navy Bellingshausen Sea Expedition in February 1960. It was named by the

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

for Captain John Cadwalader, U.S. Navy, chief of staff to U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer and representative of Task Unit Commander aboard the ''Burton Island'' in February 1960.

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). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

References

Inlets of Ellsworth Land Thurston Island {{ThurstonIsland-geo-stub