Grotto glacier
| Grotto glacier | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| length | 40 km | |
| width | ⌀ 5 km; Max. 11 km | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 44 ′ S , 68 ° 49 ′ W | |
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| drainage | George VI Sound | |
The Grotto Glacier is a 40-km long and up to 11 km wide at the mouth of the glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows east to George VI Sound , which it reaches between Belemnite Point and Ablation Point .
Participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934–1937) carried out a first survey in 1936, which the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) repeated in 1949. The FIDS named it after an in glaciers and a cave (English grotto ) reminiscent crevasse from which a Husky was saved.
Web links
- Grotto Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Grotto Glacier on geographic.org (English)