Leonardo glacier
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 42 ′ S , 61 ° 53 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Wilhelmina Bay | |
The Leonardo Glacier is a glacier on the Danco Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows into Wilhelmina Bay between Sadler Point and Café Point .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897-1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery carried out an initial mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the Italian polymath and artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).
Web links
- Leonardo Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Leonardo Glacier on geographic.org (English)