Smith Glacier (Graham Land)

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Smith Glacier
location Grahamland ( Antarctic Peninsula )
length 8 kilometers
width ⌀ 3 km
Coordinates 65 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  S , 64 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 65 ° 45 ′ 0 ″  S , 64 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  W
Smith Glacier (Graham Land) (Antarctic Peninsula)
Smith Glacier (Graham Land)
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.

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