Bucher Glacier (Antarctica)
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 39 ′ S , 66 ° 50 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Bourgeois Fjord | |
The Bucher Glacier is a small glacier on the west coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows into the Bourgeois Fjord just north of Bottrill Head .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1958 after the Swiss glaciologist Edwin Bucher (* 1911), author of numerous publications on avalanche research .
Web links
- Bucher Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Bucher Glacier on geographic.org (English)