Bartlett Glacier (Antarctica)
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 Map from 1966 with the Bartlett Glacier in the eastern half of the map |
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| location | Marie-Byrd-Land , West Antarctica (politically: Ross Dependency ) | |
| Mountains | Queen Maud Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 50 km (roughly estimated) | |
| width | Max. 8 km (roughly estimated) | |
| Coordinates | 86 ° 15 ′ S , 152 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Scott Glacier | |
The Bartlett Glacier is a 50 km long and up to 8 km wide glacier that flows from the Nilsen Plateau in a north-easterly direction to the Scott Glacier , which it reaches north of Mount Gardiner .
It was discovered in December 1934 by the geological team under Quin Blackburn (1900-1981) on the second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . Byrd named the glacier after the Canadian Arctic explorer Robert Bartlett (1875-1946), who recommended the expedition to buy the research ship USS Bear .
Web links
- Bartlett Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bartlett Glacier on geographic.org (English)