Weldon Glacier
| Weldon Glacier | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 12 ′ S , 31 ° 50 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Weddell Sea | |
The Weldon Glacier (also known as the Weldon Ice Stream ) is a glacier in the East Antarctic Coatsland . It flows north-westerly between the Vahsel Bay and the Hayes Glacier on the Luitpold coast in the south-eastern part of the Weddell Sea .
It was discovered during a flight of an LC-130 of the United States Navy on November 5, 1967. The United States Geological Survey mapped it on the basis of aerial photographs. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1969 after Don W. Weldon, aerial photographer on the flight in question.
Web links
- Weldon Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Weldon Glacier on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1684 (English).