New Bedford Inlet is a large pouch-shaped, ice-filled embayment between Cape Kidson

Cape Kidson

Cape Kidson is an abrupt rock scarp which rises to , forming the north side of the entrance to New Bedford Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. First sighted and photographed from the air by members of the United States Antarctic Service in 1940...

 and Cape Brooks

Cape Brooks

Cape Brooks is a cape marked by steep, conspicuous walls which rise to , forming the south side of the entrance to New Bedford Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land...

, along the east coast of Palmer Land

Palmer Land

Palmer Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of...

. Discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by members of the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), and named after New Bedford

New Bedford

-Places:*New Bedford, Illinois*New Bedford, Massachusetts, the most populous New Bedford**New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park*New Bedford, New Jersey *New Bedford, Ohio*New Bedford, Pennsylvania...

, Massachusetts, the centre of the New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

whaling industry in the middle of the 19th century.