Boydell Glacier
| Boydell Glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Detroit plateau | |
| length | 15 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 9 ′ S , 59 ° 6 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Sjogren glacier | |
The Boydell Glacier is a 15 km long glacier in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows from the Detroit Plateau in a southeastern direction to the southern flank of the Sjögren Glacier .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it based on its own measurements between 1960 and 1961. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on February 12, 1964 after the British inventor James John Boydell (1803-1859), who developed the first functioning tracked vehicle and for this Holds patents in 1846 and 1854.
Web links
- Boydell Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Boydell Glacier on geographic.org (English)