Huneeus glacier
| Huneeus glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 49 ′ S , 61 ° 52 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Lehrke Inlet | |
The Huneeus Glacier ( Spanish Glaciar Huneeus , in Argentina Glaciar Namuncura ) is a glacier on the Black Coast of the Palmerland in the south of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows south of the Eielson Peninsula into the Lehrke Inlet .
Chilean scientists named him after the Chilean politician Ricardo Huneeus Gana (1870-1951), who, as foreign minister of his country, had initiated funding for the first Chilean expedition to the Antarctic, which, however , did not materialize due to the consequences of the earthquake in Valparaíso on August 16, 1906. The namesake of the Argentine name has not been passed down.
Web links
- Huneeus, Glaciar in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)