Geelan Piedmont Glacier
| Geelan Piedmont Glacier | ||
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| location | Rothschild Island , Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 29 ′ S , 72 ° 41 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Bellingshausen lake | |
The Geelan Piedmont Glacier is a foreland glacier that forms the northern end of the Antarctic Rothschild Island off the northwest coast of Alexander I Island .
The British Antarctic Survey carried out surveys between 1975 and 1977. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1980 after Patrick John Michael Geelan (* 1926), from 1955 to 1979 Secretary of the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use .
Web links
- Geelan Ice Piedmont in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Geelan Ice Piedmont on geographic.org (English)