The feature is named after the Flemish cartographer Jodocus Hondius (Joost de Hondt, 1563-1612) whose 1595 map depicted the southern continent Terra Australis separated from both Tierra del Fuego and New Guinea.
Jodocus Hondius | Hondius | Cook Inlet | Beaufort Inlet | Rankin Inlet | Pond Inlet | Henricus Hondius | Teal Inlet | Ocracoke Inlet | Murrells Inlet, South Carolina | Case Inlet steamboats | Burrard Inlet | Bathurst Inlet | Aireys Inlet | Wingan Inlet | ''The Annunciation to the Shepherds'', by Abraham Hondius | Shinnecock Inlet | Sebastian Inlet | Ponce Inlet, Florida | Hendrik Hondius I | Hamilton Inlet | Geikie Inlet | Chesterfield Inlet | Budd Inlet | Anderson Inlet's intertidal mudflats are of world importance for Red-necked Stint | Admiralty Inlet |