Doyle Glacier (Elephant Island)
| Doyle Glacier | ||
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| location | Elephant Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| length | 2 km | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 54 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Weddell Sea | |
The Doyle Glacier is a glacier on Elephant Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows east to the Weddell Sea , which it reaches between Walker Point and Pygoscelis Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2016. It is named after Frederick J. Doyle (1920–2013) of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing , a pioneer of photogrammetry using satellite .
Web links
- Doyle Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)