Helava glacier
| Helava glacier | ||
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| location | Elephant Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| length | 2 km | |
| Coordinates | 61 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 54 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Weddell Sea | |
The Helava Glacier is a glacier on Elephant Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows south to the Weddell Sea , which it reaches between Pygoscelis Point and Nelly Point .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2016. It was named after the Finnish surveyor Uuno Vilho Helava (1923–1994), a pioneer of modern photogrammetry .
Web links
- Helava Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)