Simler snow field
| Simler snow field | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 3 ′ S , 65 ° 5 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Hoek glacier | |
The Simler Snowfield is a snowfield on the Graham Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is northeast of Holtedahl Bay .
Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957 were used by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the snow field in 1959 after the Swiss theologian and regional historian Josias Simler (1530–1576), who in 1574 wrote the first useful guide to climbing glaciers .
Web links
- Simler Snowfield in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Simler Snowfield on geographic.org (English)