Hilton Inlet is an ice-filled inlet, 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide, which recedes about 22 nautical miles (41 km) west from its entrance between Capes Darlington and Knowles, 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 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940, and named for Donald C. Hilton, member of the East Base sledge party that charted this coast as far south as this inlet.