Splettstoesser Glacier (Grahamland)
| Splettstoesser glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland ( Antarctic Peninsula ) | |
| length | 8 kilometers | |
| width | ⌀ 1.5 km | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ S , 65 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| drainage | Crates Bay | |
The Splettstoesser Glacier is a 8 km long and 1.5 km wide glacier on the Graham Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the Strescher Peninsula, it flows from the Widmark-Piedmont Glacier in a northerly direction to Crates Bay , a side bay of Holtedahl Bay , which it reaches south of Conway Island .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2016. It is named after the American geologist John Splettstoesser (1934-2016), who worked in Antarctica from 1960 to 1986 .
Web links
- Splettstoesser Glacier in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)