Sleipnir glacier
| Sleipnir glacier | ||
|---|---|---|
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| length | 16 km | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 29 ′ S , 63 ° 59 ′ W | |
|
||
| drainage | Cabinet Inlet , Weddell Sea | |
The Sleipnir Glacier is a 16 km long glacier on the Foyn coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows into the western section of Cabinet Inlet , which it reaches between Balder Point and Spur Point .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) mapped it in 1947 and named it after Sleipnir , the eight-legged horse of the god Odin from Norse mythology. Aerial photographs of the glacier were also taken in 1947 during the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948).
Web links
- Sleipnir Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sleipnir Glacier on geographic.org (English)