Haines Glacier
| Haines Glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| width | ⌀ 6.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 21 ′ S , 62 ° 33 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Meinardus Glacier | |
The Haines Glacier is a glacier in the east of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows in a south-easterly direction to the Meinardus Glacier , into which it joins immediately east of Mount Barkow .
He was discovered during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) during an overflight in December 1940. The first aerial photographs were taken in 1947 during an overflight as part of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) led by the US polar explorer Finn Ronne , who also carried out geodetic surveys in collaboration with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The FIDS named him after the American meteorologist William C. Haines (1887-1956), participant in the first (1928-1930) and second Antarctic expedition (1933-1935) of the American polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd .
Web links
- Haines Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Haines Glacier on geographic.org (English)