Alberts Glacier
| Alberts Glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Avery plateau | |
| length | 13 km | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 51 ′ S , 64 ° 54 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Mill Inlet , Weddell Sea | |
The Alberts Glacier is a very rugged glacier in Grahamland, West Antarctica . It flows from the Avery Plateau in an easterly direction to Mill Inlet , which it reaches between the Balch Glacier and the Southard Promontory .
The United States Navy photographed the glacier in 1968. These photographs were used by the British Directorate of Overseas Surveys (DOS) in 1980 to determine the position to which the geodetic surveys of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey between 1947 and 1957 were added. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the glacier after Fred G. Alberts (1923-2010), American toponomist and secretary of the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names from 1949 to 1980.
Web links
- Alberts Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Alberts Glacier on geographic.org (English)