Bartók Glacier
| Bartók Glacier | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Elgar Uplands | |
| length | 11 km | |
| width | Max. 5 km | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 45 ′ S , 71 ° 1 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Gilbert Glacier | |
The Bartók Glacier is an 11 km long and 5 km wide glacier in the north of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It flows from the southern end of the Elgar Uplands in a south-westerly direction to the Gilbert Glacier .
The first aerial photographs and rough mapping were carried out in 1937 by the British Grahamland Expedition (1934–1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . The British geographer Derek Searle from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a more precise mapping in 1960 using aerial photographs taken by the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the glacier after the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók (1881–1945).
Web links
- Bartók Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bartók Glacier on geographic.org (English)