Splettstoesser glacier
| Splettstoesser glacier | ||
|---|---|---|
 Map sheet with the SPLETTSTOESSER GLACIER |
||
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Ellsworth Mountains | |
| length | 56 km | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 12 ′ S , 84 ° 9 ′ W | |
|
||
| drainage | Minnesota Glacier | |
The Splettstoesser Glacier is a 56 km long glacier in the West Antarctic Ellsworthland . It drains the ice plateau immediately south of the Founders Escarpment and flows in an east-northeast direction through the Heritage Range . It flows south of the Founders Peaks and the Anderson Massif into the Minnesota Glacier .
The team of the University of Minnesota , which explored the Ellsworth Mountains between 1961 and 1962, named the glacier after the geologist John Frederick Splettstoesser (1933-2016), a member of the team.
Web links
- Splettstößer Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Splettstoesser Glacier on geographic.org (English)