Szafer Icefall
| Szafer Icefall | ||
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| location | King George Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Mountains | Szafer Ridge | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 6 ′ S , 58 ° 18 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Dobrowolski Glacier | |
The Szafer Icefall ( Polish : Lodospad Szafera ) is a glacier break on King George Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It is located on the Szafer Ridge above the Dobrowolski Glacier .
Polish scientists named it in 1980 based on the name of the mountain ridge of the same name . This is named after Władysław Szafer (1886-1970), a Polish botanist , palaeobotanist and conservationist.
Web links
- Szafer Icefall on the homepage of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)