Philippi Glacier (Antarctica)
| Philippi glacier | ||
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| location | Kaiser Wilhelm II Land , East Antarctica | |
| length | 25 km | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 45 ′ S , 88 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| drainage | West Ice Shelf | |
The Philippi Glacier is a 25 km long glacier in the East Antarctic Kaiser Wilhelm II Land . It flows in a northerly direction to the eastern end of the West Ice Shelf , which it reaches 25 km west of the Gaußberg .
Aerial photographs of the US American Operation Highjump (1946–1947) were used to map it. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him after the German geologist Emil Philippi (1871-1910), a member of the Gauss expedition (1901-1903) headed by Erich von Drygalskis , who worked in the area around the Gaußberg on this research trip , among other things was.
Web links
- Philippi Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Philippi Glacier on geographic.org (English)