Lurabee Glacier
| Lurabee Glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , West Antarctica | |
| length | 43 km | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 22 ′ S , 64 ° 3 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Bertius Inlet | |
The Lurabee Glacier is a 43 km long glacier on the Wilkins Coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows east between Scripps Heights and Finley Heights to Bertius Inlet .
The Australian polar explorer Hubert Wilkins spotted it for the first time during an overflight on December 20, 1928. Wilkins mistakenly believed the glacier to be a canal that cuts through the Antarctic Peninsula . The glacier is named after Lura Brown Shreck (1891–1955), who helped Wilkins with the publication of his book Flying the Arctic .
Web links
- Lurabee Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lurabee Glacier on geographic.org (English)