Drake Glacier
| Drake Glacier | ||
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| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Kraków Dome | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 56 ′ S , 58 ° 5 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Corsair Bight | |
The Drake Glacier ( Polish Lodowiec Drake'a ) is a large glacier on the north coast of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located between False Round Point and Glass Point and flows into Corsair Bight .
Polish scientists named it in 1984 in connection with the naming of the bay into which it flows. It is named after the English privateer and explorer Francis Drake (≈1540–1596).
Web links
- Drake Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)