Chaos Glacier
| Chaos Glacier | ||
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| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 1 ′ S , 78 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Ranvik | |
The Chaos Glacier is a glacier on the Ingrid Christensen coast of the East Antarctic Princess Elisabeth Land . It flows 6 km south of Browns Glacier into the central part of Ranvik Bay .
Norwegian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs taken during the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936/37 . The American cartographer John H. Roscoe determined his position using the aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946–1947). Roscoe named it after the chaotic changes of direction in the flow of the glacier.
Web links
- Chaos Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chaos Glacier on geographic.org (English)