Robert Glacier
| Robert Glacier | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 10 ′ S , 56 ° 18 ′ E | |
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| drainage | Edward VIII Bay | |
The Robert Glacier is a glacier in the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It is the easternmost of two glaciers that flow into the southern section of Edward VIII Bay . The other is the Wilma Glacier .
The Australian geodesist and cartographer Robert George Dovers (1921–1981) discovered him together with his dog handler Georges Schwartz (* 1920) during a dog sled ride to survey Edward VIII Bay in 1954. The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named him on 11 August 1955 to Dovers.
Web links
- Robert Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Robert Glacier on geographic.org (English)