Hippocrates glacier
| Hippocrates glacier | ||
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| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| length | 5 km | |
| width | Max. 3 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 22 '28 " S , 62 ° 20' 38" W | |
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| drainage | Buls Bay | |
The Hippocrates Glacier is a 5 km long and 3 km wide glacier in the east of the Brabant Island of the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows in a south-easterly direction and flows into the Buls Bay .
The glacier appears nameless on an Argentine map from 1953. It was photographed between 1956 and 1957 by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. These aerial photographs were used for mapping in 1959. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the glacier on September 23, 1960 after the Greek doctor Hippocrates (≈ 460 BC - ≈ 370 BC).
Web links
- Hippocrates Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hippocrates Glacier on geographic.org (English)