Fricker Glacier
| Fricker Glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 4 ′ S , 65 ° 9 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Mill Inlet , Weddell Sea | |
The Fricker Glacier is a 16 km long glacier in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows northeast to the southwest side of Mill Inlet on the Foyn coast , which it reaches north of Monnier Point .
The mapping was carried out in 1947 jointly by scientists from the US Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) and the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . The latter named him after the German polar historian Karl von Fricker (1865 - unknown).
Web links
- Fricker Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Fricker Glacier on geographic.org (English)