Christensen Glacier (Bouvet Island)
| Christensen Glacier | ||
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| location | Bouvet Island | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 27 ′ S , 3 ° 21 ′ E | |
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| drainage | South Atlantic | |
The Christensen Glacier ( Norwegian Christensenbreen ) is a glacier on the Vogt coast of the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island . It flows into the South Atlantic 1.5 km east of the Catoodden headland .
It was first mapped during the Valdivia expedition (1898–1899) under the direction of the German zoologist Carl Chun . A new mapping took place in December 1927 during the Norvegia research voyage under Captain Harald Horntvedt (1879-1946). He named the glacier after the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Lars Christensen (1884-1965), the sponsor of this expedition.
Web links
- Christensen Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Christensen Glacier on geographic.org (English)