Rickmers Glacier
| Rickmers Glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 13 ′ S , 64 ° 52 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Hugi Glacier | |
The Rickmers Glacier is a glacier on the Graham Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows into the Hugi glacier immediately south of the Caulfeild glacier .
Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1955 to 1957 were used by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the German skiing pioneer Willi Rickmer Rickmers (1873-1965).
Web links
- Rickmers Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rickmers Glacier on geographic.org (English)