Bornmann Glacier
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 Topographic map of the Hallett Peninsula (center right) with the Bornmann Glacier near Cape Hallett |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 20 ′ S , 170 ° 13 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Edisto Inlet | |
The Bornmann Glacier is a glacier on the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows on the west side of the Hallett Peninsula at a distance of 1.5 km south of Seabee Hook to Edisto Inlet , where it ends in the form of a floating glacier tongue .
Participants in the 1957-1958 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named him after Lieutenant Robert Clare Bornmann (* 1931), surgeon and head of the team at Hallett Station for Operation Deep Freeze in 1958.
Web links
- Bornmann Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bornmann Glacier on geographic.org (English)