Bongrain-Piedmont Glacier
| Bongrain-Piedmont Glacier | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Type | Foreland glacier | |
| length | 43 km | |
| width | Max. 19 km | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 0 ′ S , 71 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Bellingshausen lake | |
The Bongrain-Piedmont Glacier is a 43 km long and up to 19 km wide foreland glacier off the northwest coast of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island .
The first sighting and a rough survey were carried out by participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . Aerial photographs, which were later used for further mapping, were taken on August 15, 1936 during the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the glacier in 1954 after Maurice Bongrain (1879-1951), deputy leader of Charcot's expedition.
Web links
- Bongrain Ice Piedmont in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bongrain Ice Piedmont on geographic.org (English)