Herniman Glacier
| Herniman Glacier | ||
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| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| length | 2 km | |
| width | ⌀ 2 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 16 '59 " S , 58 ° 9' 58" W | |
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| drainage | Röhss Bay | |
The Herniman Glacier is a 2 km long and equally wide glacier in the northwest of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It flows in a north-westerly direction to Röhss Bay .
It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 2012. It is named after Simon Herniman, field research assistant for the British Antarctic Survey from 2003 to 2009 , who was involved in the extraction of ice cores on Berkner Island during this time and who was also its head in 2008 and 2009 the Arctic station in Ny-Ålesund .
Web links
- Herniman Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)