Smith Glacier (Graham Land)
Smith Glacier | ||
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location | Grahamland ( Antarctic Peninsula ) | |
length | 8 kilometers | |
width | ⌀ 3 km | |
Coordinates | 65 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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drainage | Bigo Bay |
The Smith Glacier is an 8 km long and 3 km wide glacier on the Graham Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows between Mount Bigo and Mount Perchot in a north-westerly direction to Bigo Bay .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2016. It is named after G. Joan Smith (* 1931), archivist of the British Antarctic Survey from 1979 to 1991.
Web links
- Smith Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)