Bishop Glacier
| Bishop Glacier | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 42 ′ S , 71 ° 28 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Mozart Piedmont Glacier | |
The Bishop Glacier is a glacier in the northwestern part of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It flows in a south-westerly direction to the Mozart Piedmont Glacier .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on June 11, 1980 after the British glaciologist James Francis Bishop (1950–1980) of the British Antarctic Survey , who was active on Alexander I Island from 1973 to 1975. July 1980 at Gilgit during a mission as part of the international Karakoram project of the Royal Geographical Society .
Web links
- Bishop Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bishop Glacier on geographic.org (English)