Mackenzie Glacier
| Mackenzie Glacier | ||
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| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| length | 6 km | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 16 ′ 26 ″ S , 62 ° 18 ′ 49 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Kayak Bay | |
The Mackenzie Glacier is a 6 km long glacier on the Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows from Mount Parry in an easterly direction and flows after the confluence with the Malpighi Glacier via Kayak Bay into the Pampa Passage .
The first rough mapping goes back to the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery . Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957 were used for mapping in 1959. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the British physician James Mackenzie (1853-1925), a pioneer in the study of heart disease .
Web links
- Mackenzie Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mackenzie Glacier on geographic.org (English)