Depot glacier
| Depot glacier | ||
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 Mouth of the Depot Glacier into Hope Bay |
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| location | Graham Land , Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 25 ′ S , 57 ° 4 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Hope Bay | |
The Depot Glacier is a clearly defined valley glacier flanked by lateral moraines at the northern end of the Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows into the head end of Hope Bay in the form of a towering ice cliff .
It was discovered during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of the polar explorer Otto Nordenskjöld . He named it so because it was considered a location for a supply depot when viewed from the Antarctic Sound .
Web links
- Depot Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Depot Glacier on geographic.org (English)