Mosby Glacier
| Mosby Glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| width | Max. 8 kilometers | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 8 ′ S , 62 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| drainage | New Bedford Inlet | |
The Mosby Glacier is an 8 km wide glacier at its mouth on the Lassiter coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows southeast to the northwest section of New Bedford Inlet .
It was discovered during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) during an overflight in December 1940. The first aerial photographs were taken in 1947 during an overflight as part of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) under the direction of the American polar explorer Finn Ronne , who, in collaboration with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), also carried out geodetic surveys of the mouth of the glacier. The FIDS named it after the Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer Håkon Mosby (1903-1989).
Web links
- Mosby Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mosby Glacier on geographic.org (English)