Cornwall Glacier (Coatsland)
| Cornwall Glacier | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range | |
| length | 14.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 45 ′ S , 26 ° 17 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Recovery glacier | |
The Cornwall Glacier is a glacier in the East Antarctic Coatsland . It flows south from Crossover Pass in the Shackleton Range to merge with Recovery Glacier east of Ram Bow Bluff .
It was first mapped in 1957 by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) led by British polar explorer Vivian Fuchs . It is named after the British General James Marshall-Cornwall (1887–1985), member of the management committee of this research trip . There is a risk of confusion with the glacier of the same name in the Ross Dependency .
Web links
- Cornwall Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cornwall Glacier on geographic.org (English)