Murphy Inlet is located in Antarctica
Murphy Inlet
Murphy Inlet
Location of Murphy Inlet in Antarctica
Map of Thurston Island.
Satellite image of Thurston Island.

Murphy Inlet is an ice-filled inlet about 18 nautical miles (33 km) long, with two parallel branches at the head, lying between Noville and Edwards Peninsulas on the north side of Thurston Island, Antarctica. It was delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation HIGHJUMP in December 1946. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Charles J. V. Murphy, assistant to Richard E. Byrd after the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928–30, and member of the wintering party of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1933–35.

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    71°59′S 98°2′W / 71.983°S 98.033°W / -71.983; -98.033


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