Blériot glacier
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 26 ′ S , 61 ° 8 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Hughes Bay | |
The Blériot Glacier is a short but wide glacier on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies east of Salvesen Cove and flows north into Hughes Bay .
He was photographed on the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–1957). These recordings were used for mapping by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the glacier in 1960 after the French aviation pioneer Louis Blériot (1872-1936).
Web links
- Blériot Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Blériot Glacier on geographic.org (English)