Wellman Glacier
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 29 ′ S , 61 ° 24 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Recess Cove | |
The Wellman Glacier is a glacier on the Danco Coast of Graham Land in the north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows into the northeast part of Recess Cove , a side bay of Charlotte Bay .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897–1899) led by the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery mapped it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the American aviation pioneer Walter Wellman (1858-1934), who in 1907 and 1909 had unsuccessfully tried to reach the geographic North Pole with a semi-rigid airship .
Web links
- Wellman Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wellman Glacier on geographic.org (English)