Sikorski Glacier (Grahamland)
| Sikorski glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 13 ′ S , 60 ° 46 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Hughes Bay | |
The Sikorski Glacier is a glacier on the Danco coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows north of Charles Point into Hughes Bay .
Aerial photographs of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–1957) were used for mapping by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the Russian-US aviation pioneer Igor Ivanovich Sikorski (1898–1972), founder of the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation , who had worked on the development of helicopters from 1909 onwards .
Web links
- Sikorsky Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sikorsky Glacier on geographic.org (English)