Sheldon Glacier
| Sheldon Glacier | ||
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| location | Adelaide Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 30 ′ S , 68 ° 21 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Ryder Bay | |
The Sheldon Glacier is a glacier on the West Antarctic Adelaide Island . It flows from Mount Mangin in a south-easterly direction to Ryder Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1977 after meteorologists Ernest Brian Sheldon (* 1945) from the British Antarctic Survey , who from 1968 to 1969 at the station of Adelaide Island, and from 1969 to 1970 to that of Stonington Island was active , as well as the Adelaide Island Station from 1975 to 1976 and the Rothera Station from 1976 to 1977.
Web links
- Sheldon Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sheldon Glacier on geographic.org (English)