Posadowsky Glacier (Bouvet Island)
| Posadowsky Glacier | ||
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| location | Bouvet Island | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 24 ′ S , 3 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| drainage | South Atlantic | |
The Posadowsky Glacier is a glacier on the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island . It flows from the Kraterisen in a northerly direction to the Morgenstierne coast , which it reaches about 1.5 km east of Cape Circoncision .
It was first mapped during the Valdivia expedition (1898–1899) under the direction of the German zoologist Carl Chun . He named it after Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner (1845-1932), who, as State Secretary in the Reich Office of the Interior, provided the financial means for the expedition.
Web links
- Posadowsky Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Posadowsky Glacier on geographic.org (English)