Eldred Glacier
| Eldred Glacier | ||
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| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| length | 4 km | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 58 ′ 53 ″ S , 58 ° 13 ′ 18 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Kurzyński Bay | |
The Eldred Glacier is a 4 km long glacier on the north coast of King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located immediately east of Potts Peak .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1960 after Andrew Jackson Eldred (1846-1926), captain of the sealer Thomas Hunt from Stonington , Connecticut , who in the years 1873 to 1874, 1875 to 1876 and 1879 to 1880 in the waters the South Shetland Islands operated.
Web links
- Eldred Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Eldred Glacier on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrew Jackson Eldred in the Find a Grave database (accessed August 24, 2017).