Sunfix glacier
| Sunfix glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| length | 24 km | |
| width | Max. 3 km | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 15 ′ S , 64 ° 33 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Casey Glacier | |
The Sunfix Glacier is a 24 km long and up to 3 km wide glacier in the northern Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows in an east-northeast direction between the Grimley and Lurabee glaciers to the Casey glacier .
Trimetrogon aerial photographs were taken on November 27, 1947 during the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) carried out surveys in November 1960. The name of the glacier is derived from the fact that the head end was used by the FIDS as a solar reference point for surveying work, although the area rarely allows this due to the frequent dense cloud cover .
Web links
- Sunfix Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Sunfix Glacier on geographic.org (English)