Schweitzer Glacier
| Schweitzer Glacier | ||
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| location | Prinzregent-Luitpold-Land , Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| length | 10 km (roughly estimated) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 49 '59 " S , 34 ° 39' 58" W | |
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| drainage | Vahsel Bay | |
The Schweitzer Glacier is a glacier on the Luitpold coast of the East Antarctic Coatsland . It flows along the north side of the Littlewood Nunatak and east of the Penck Glacier in a westerly direction to Vahsel Bay . The Lerchenfeld Glacier merges with the southern flank of the Schweitzer Glacier.
The glacier was discovered during the Second German Antarctic Expedition (1911–1912) under the direction of Wilhelm Filchner . Filchner named the glacier after the German publicist, journalist and travel writer Georg Schweitzer (1850-1940), chairman of the expedition committee.
Individual evidence
- ^ Australian Antarctic Data Center , Schweitzer Glacier
- ↑ Schweitzer Glacier on geographic.org (accessed July 13, 2018).