Commandant Charcot Glacier
| Commandant Charcot Glacier | ||
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| location | Adélieland , East Antarctica | |
| length | 19 km | |
| width | Max. 5 km | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 25 ′ S , 136 ° 35 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Victor Bay | |
The Commandant-Charcot Glacier ( French Glacier du Commandant-Charcot ) is a 19 km long and up to 5 km wide glacier in the East Antarctic Adélieland . It flows from the continental ice in a north-northwest direction to the coast, where it ends in Victor Bay in the form of a 3 km wide glacier tongue .
A first position determination was made using aerial photographs that the United States Navy had created in the course of Operation Highjump (1946-1947). Participants in a French Antarctic expedition lasting from 1951 to 1953, who visited the glacier on a dog sled excursion in December 1952 , made the name. It is named after the research ship Commandant Charcot , with which French expeditions operated in this area between 1948 and 1952.
Web links
- Commandant Charcot Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Commandant Charcot Glacier on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
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↑ Commandant Charcot Glacier Tongue in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
Commandant Charcot Glacier Tongue on geographic.org (English)