Bridgman Glacier
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 Topographic map of the Hallett Peninsula (center right) with the Bridgman Glacier, which is triangular when viewed from above |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 23 ' S , 170 ° 5' E | |
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| drainage | Edisto Inlet | |
The Bridgman Glacier is a steep glacier at the Borchgrevink Coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It flows on the west side of the Hallett Peninsula to Edisto Inlet , where it ends in a floating glacier tongue between the Salmon and Roberts cliffs .
Participants in the 1957-1958 New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition campaign named him after Lieutenant Albert H. Bridgman of the United States Navy , surgeon and head of Hallett Station during Operation Deep Freeze in 1959.
Web links
- Bridgman Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bridgman Glacier on geographic.org (English)