Las Palmas Glacier
| Las Palmas Glacier | ||
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 41 ′ S , 60 ° 24 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Las Palmas Cove | |
The Las Palmas Glacier ( Spanish Lóbulo Las Palmas ) is a glacier on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It flows from the Hurd Dome in a west-northwest direction and flows into Las Palmas Cove , a side bay of the South Bay .
The glacier was named around 1998. It is named after the research ship Las Palmas , which was used between 1988 and 1991 to supply the Spanish Juan Carlos I station on the Hurd peninsula .
Web links
- Las Palmas Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Las Palmas Glacier on geographic.org (English)