Jenner Glacier
| Jenner Glacier | ||
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| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Mountains | Solvay Mountains | |
| length | 5 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 62 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Duperre Bay | |
The Jenner Glacier is a 5 km long glacier in the Solvay Mountains in the south of the Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago . It flows southwest into the eastern arm of the Duperré Bay .
The glacier appears nameless on Argentine maps 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 in 1960 after the English doctor Edward Jenner (1749–1823) who developed the modern vaccination against smallpox .
Web links
- Jenner Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Jenner Glacier on geographic.org (English)