Defant glacier
| Defant glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| width | Max. 3 km | |
| Coordinates | 72 ° 30 ′ S , 61 ° 42 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Violante Inlet , Weddell Sea | |
The Defant Glacier is up to 3 km wide glacier on the Black Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows in an east-northeast direction to the western section of Violante Inlet .
Scientists of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941) discovered and photographed it during an overflight in 1940. Further aerial photographs were taken in 1947 during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948) under the direction of the American polar explorer Finn Ronne . Together with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), scientists on this expedition carried out a mapping on site. The FIDS named the glacier after the Austrian meteorologist and oceanographer Albert Defant (1884–1974), one of the founders of physical oceanography.
Web links
- Defant Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Defant Glacier on geographic.org (English)