Posadowsky Glacier (East Antarctica)

Posadowsky Glacier
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location	Kaiser Wilhelm II Land , East Antarctica
length	14.5 km
Coordinates	66 ° 50 ′ S , 89 ° 25 ′ E Coordinates: 66 ° 50 ′ S , 89 ° 25 ′ E
drainage	Posadowskybai

The Posadowsky Glacier is an Antarctic glacier that flows in Kaiser Wilhelm II Land east of the Gaußberg and flows into the Posadowskybai .

It was discovered from the summit of the Gaußberg by participants in the Gauß expedition (1901–1903) led by the German polar explorer Erich von Drygalski . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the glacier in 1955 based on the name of Posadowskybai made by Drygalski. Both sides are named after Arthur von Posadowsky-Wehner (1845–1932), who, as State Secretary in the Reich Office of the Interior , secured a government grant to cover the expedition costs for Drygalski. The glacier was recorded photogrammetrically using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy during Operation Highjump (1946–1947).

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