Conchie glacier
| Conchie glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 36 ′ S , 67 ° 12 ′ W | |
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| drainage | George VI Sound | |
The Conchie Glacier is a glacier on the Rymill Coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows between the Batterbee Mountains and the Steeple Peaks in a south-westerly direction to George VI Sound .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the glacier in 1976 after Bertie John Conchie (* 1930) of the Royal Air Force , pilot of the British Antarctic Survey from 1969 to 1975.
Web links
- Conchie Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Conchie Glacier on geographic.org (English)