Petrel Creek
Coordinates: 62 ° 11 ′ S , 58 ° 27 ′ W
The Petrel Creek ( English ; Polish Potok Petrela 'Sturmvogelbach' ) is a creek on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . Its headwaters lie in the dead ice zone and the northern moraines of the Rescuers Hills at a height of 35 m . It flows to Suszczewski Cove , which it reaches east of Ecology Glacier and west of Llano Point .
Polish scientists named it after the three breeding colonies of the giant petrel located here .
See also
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1208 (English)
Web links
- Petrel Creek in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
- Map from the western shore of Admiralty Bay (English)
