Channel glacier
| Channel glacier | ||
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| location | Wiencke Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Type | Kar glacier | |
| length | 2.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 47 '30 " S , 63 ° 17' 53" W | |
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The Channel Glacier is a 2.5 km long Kar glacier that stretches between Nipple Peak and the Wall Range in an east-west orientation over Wiencke Island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago .
It was discovered during the Belgica expedition (1897-1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . It received its name in 1927 by participants in the British Discovery Investigations , the order on his to a channel (English channel alluded) reminiscent character.
Web links
- Channel Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Channel Glacier on geographic.org (English)