Shabica glacier
| Shabica glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 70 ° 19 ′ S , 62 ° 39 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Clifford Glacier | |
The Shabica Glacier is a glacier on the Wilkins Coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows from the north into the mouth of the Clifford Glacier in the Smith Inlet , which it reaches east of Mount Tenniel .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it in 1974. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1976 after Stephen Vale Shabica (* 1945), biologist of the United States Antarctic Research Program and scientific director of the Palmer station in 1970.
Web links
- Shabica Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shabica Glacier on geographic.org (English)