Hermes glacier
| Hermes glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| length | 13 km | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 3 ′ S , 65 ° 8 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Weyerhaeuser Glacier | |
The Hermes Glacier is a 13 km long glacier in the north of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows in a westerly direction to the Weyerhaeuser Glacier and is one of the glaciers that limit the Wakefield Highland to the north.
The Falklands Island Dependencies Survey discovered the glacier in 1960 after a series of previously unsuccessful attempts to find a route to the Earnshaw Glacier . It represented an ideal route through known territory, which is why the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1962 after Hermes , the patron god of travelers from Greek mythology. Numerous other objects in the area are also named after Greek deities.
Web links
- Hermes Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hermes Glacier on geographic.org (English)