Balchen glacier
| Balchen glacier | ||
|---|---|---|
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ford Ranges | |
| Coordinates | 76 ° 23 ′ S , 145 ° 10 ′ W | |
|
||
| drainage | Block Bay | |
 Map sheet Guest Peninsula from 1969 (new edition 1988), Balchen Glacier in the north-eastern quarter |
||
The Balchen Glacier is a furrowed glacier that flows west between the Phillips Mountains and the Fosdick Mountains to Block Bay in Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica .
It was discovered on December 5, 1929 during the first Antarctic expedition (1928-1930) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . Byrd named him after Bernt Balchen (1899–1973), chief pilot on this research trip .
Web links
- Balchen Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Balchen Glacier on geographic.org (English)