Keith Glacier
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location | Grahamland ( Antarctic Peninsula ) | |
length | 7.5 km | |
width | ⌀ 5 km | |
Coordinates | 66 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ S , 65 ° 37 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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drainage | Darbel Bay |
The Keith Glacier is a 7.5 km long and 5 km wide glacier on the Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the Strescher Peninsula, it flows from the Widmark-Piedmont Glacier in a south-westerly direction to Darbel Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2016. It is named after the British artist, illustrator and conservationist Keith Shackleton (1923–2015), a pioneer of Antarctic tourism since 1969.
Web links
- Keith Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)