Baranovsky Glacier
| Baranovsky Glacier | ||
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 The confluence of the Baranowski Glacier (left, with Nunatak Siodło ) in Admiralty Bay (right) |
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| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 12 ′ S , 58 ° 27 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Staszek Cove and Admiralty Bay | |
The Baranowski Glacier ( Polish : Lodowiec Baranowskiego ) is a glacier on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows east to Admiralty Bay , which it reaches northwest of Demay Point .
Participants in a Polish Antarctic expedition in 1984 named him after the Polish glaciologist Stanisław Baranowski (1935–1978), who died on August 27, 1978 as a result of gas poisoning eight months earlier at the Arctowski station .
Web links
- Baranowski Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Baranowski Glacier on geographic.org (English)