Höfle glacier
| Höfle glacier | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Shackleton Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| length | 30 km (roughly estimated) | |
| Coordinates | 80 ° 20 ′ S , 27 ° 10 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Slessor glacier | |
The Höfle Glacier is a wide glacier in the Shackleton Range , part of the Transantarctic Mountains in the Coatsland east of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf . From the Clarkson Cliffs, it flows north between Morris Hills and Lewis Chain towards the Slessor Glacier .
The glacier was named in the Antarctic summer of 1987/1988 along with other previously unnamed geographic objects by participants in the GEISHA expedition ( Geological Expedition into the Shackleton Range ) of the Alfred Wegener Institute . This and seven other name suggestions from GEISHA were together with seven suggestions from the expeditions GANOVEX V and VII on 9/10. Confirmed in May 1994 by the German State Committee for the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and for the International Arctic Science Committee (ISAC) and reported to the SCAR.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Standing Committee for Geographical Names : Directory of German-language geographical names of the Antarctic. Version 2.14, June 13, 2014 (Introduction) (List of sources) , here sources 79–82. Retrieved May 15, 2019
- ↑ Höflegletscher in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica , accessed on May 15, 2019