Wetmore Glacier
| Wetmore Glacier | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| length | 64 km | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 33 ′ S , 63 ° 53 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Gardner Inlet | |
The Wetmore Glacier is a 64 km long glacier on the Lassiter Coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows between the Rare Range and the Latady Mountains in the northern section of Gardner Inlet .
He was discovered during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) under the direction of the American polar explorer Finn Ronne , who named him after Alexander Wetmore (1886-1978), then secretary of the Smithsonian Institution , the Ronne in the interpretation of the scientific Program for the research trip was helpful.
Web links
- Wetmore Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wetmore 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. 1688 (English).