Andrew glacier
| Andrew glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| length | 5 km | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ S , 59 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Charcot Bay | |
The Andrew Glacier is a 5 km long glacier in the north of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows northeast into Charcot Bay , which it reaches immediately west of the Webster Peaks .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) mapped the glacier in 1948 and named it after James Darby Andrew (* 1919), FIDS medical officer at the Hope Bay station between 1946 and 1947.
Web links
- Andrew Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Andrew Glacier on geographic.org (English)