Mars glacier
| Mars glacier | ||
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| location | Alexander I Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| length | 10 km | |
| width | ⌀ 3 km | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 49 '59 " S , 68 ° 25' 59" W | |
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| drainage | George VI Sound | |
The Mars Glacier is a glacier in the southeastern part of the Alexander I Island, west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows south to the ice shelf in George VI Sound , which it reaches between the Two Step Cliffs and the Phobos Ridge .
It was first sighted and photographed during an overflight on November 23, 1935 by the American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth . These aerial photographs were used by the US cartographer WLG Joerg for an initial mapping. The Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a survey in 1949. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the planet Mars in 1955 .
Web links
- Mars Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mars Glacier on geographic.org (English)