Richardson Glacier
| Richardson Glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 24 ′ S , 63 ° 44 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Clifford Glacier | |
The Richardson Glacier is a wide glacier in Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows southeast of Mikus Hill into the Clifford Glacier
The United States Geological Survey mapped it in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after the American crustacean researcher Harriet Richardson (1874-1958), who wrote a series of scientific treatises on Antarctic woodlice , which were presented at the Fourth (1903 –1905) and the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908–1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot .
Web links
- Richardson Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Richardson Glacier on geographic.org (English)