Widdowson Glacier
| Widdowson Glacier | ||
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| location | Graham Land , Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 47 ′ S , 65 ° 42 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Widdowson Cove | |
The Widdowson Glacier is a glacier on the Loubet Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It flows between the Drummond and McCance glaciers in Widdowson Cove , a side bay of Darbel Bay .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey mapped it using aerial photographs from Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1955 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 1959 after the British physician and nutritionist Elsie May Widdowson (1906-2000) from the University of Cambridge , who from 1938 to 1966 worked on the development of food rations for British Polar expeditions was involved.
Web links
- Widdowson Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Widdowson Glacier on geographic.org (English)