Violante Inlet is an ice-filled inlet 16 nautical miles (30 km) long, in an east-west direction, and 12 to 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, lying between Cape Fanning

Cape Fanning

Cape Fanning is a cape which forms the north side of the entrance to Violante Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service in a flight from East Base on December 30, 1940...

 and Cape Herdman

Cape Herdman

Cape Herdman is a broad ice-covered cape forming the south entrance point to Violante Inlet, on the Black Coast, Palmer Land. The cape was photographed from the air in 1940 by United States Antarctic Service ; rephotographed from the air in 1947 by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition and, in...

 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 for Maj. (later Col.) Andre L. Violante, USA, who designed the prefabricated buildings used by the expedition. Particularly because of a false floor, they proved to be the must satisfactory quarters used by American Antarctic expeditions.