Shambles Glacier
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,_Adelaide_Island,_Stonehouse_Bay.JPG) Stonehouse Bay with the mouth of Shambles Glacier (top right) |
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| location | Adelaide Island , West Antarctica | |
| length | 4 km | |
| width | ⌀ 10 km | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 21 '45 " S , 68 ° 18' 55" W | |
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| drainage | Stonehouse Bay | |
The Shambles Glacier ( English for confusion glacier is) a 6 km long and 10 km wide glacier with numerous distinctive Presseishügeln and columns on the east side of the West Antarctic Adelaide Island . It flows between Mount Bouvier and Mount Mangin to Stonehouse Bay .
Participants in the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) led by polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot sighted and mapped the lower section of the glacier in 1909. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1948 carried out further measurements . The upper section of the glacier was examined by the US Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) and the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956-1957). The FIDS named it for its rugged appearance.
Web links
- Shambles Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shambles Glacier on geographic.org (English)