Montgolfier glacier
| Montgolfier glacier | ||
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| location | Graham Land , Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 48 ′ S , 62 ° 12 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Piccard Cove | |
The Montgolfier Glacier is a glacier on the Danco coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows between the Rozier and Woodbury glaciers to Piccard Cove , a side bay of Wilhelmina Bay .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it using aerial photographs from Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on September 23, 1960 after the Montgolfier brothers , who had carried out the first manned ascent with a hot air balloon in 1783 .
Web links
- Montgolfier Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Montgolfier Glacier on geographic.org (English)