Schmidt Glacier (Heard)
| Schmidt Glacier | ||
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| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| length | 1.1 km | |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ S , 73 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| drainage | Indian Ocean | |
The Schmidt Glacier is a 1.1 km long glacier in the west of the island of Heard in the southern Indian Ocean . It flows west of the Baudissin Glacier between Mount Drygalski and the North West Cornice ridge .
Participants in the German Gauss expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Erich von Drygalski carried out a rough mapping in 1902. Drygalski named him after the ministerial official Dr. J. Schmidt for assisting the government in soliciting support for the expedition.
Web links
- Schmidt Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Schmidt Glacier on geographic.org (English)