Buxton Glacier
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| location | South Georgia | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 28 ′ S , 36 ° 14 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Saint Andrews Bay | |
The Buxton Glacier is a glacier on the north coast of South Georgia . It flows between the Heaney and Cook glaciers in a northeast direction to Saint Andrews Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1987 after the Buxton family. Aubrey Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa (1918-2009) and his wife Pamela visited South Georgia in March 1982 on board the HMS Endurance . Their daughter Lucinda Catherine Buxton (* 1950) led an animal film expedition in the area of this glacier between February and April 1982.
Web links
- Buxton Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Buxton Glacier on geographic.org (English)