Polar Record Glacier
| Polar Record Glacier | ||
|---|---|---|
| location | Princess Elisabeth Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 45 ′ S , 75 ° 30 ′ E | |
|
||
| drainage | Publications Ice Shelf | |
The Polar Record Glacier is a glacier on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elisabeth Land in East Antarctica . It flows between Meknattane and Dodd Island in the central section of the Publications Ice Shelf .
The American cartographer John Hobbie Roscoe (1919-2007) mapped it using aerial photographs of Operation Highjump (1946-1947). Roscoe called the Glacier to the journal Polar Record of the Scott Polar Research Institute .
Web links
- Polar Record Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Polar Record Glacier on geographic.org (English)