Widmark Piedmont Glacier
| Widmark Piedmont Glacier | ||
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| location | Strescher Peninsula , Graham Land , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Type | Foreland glacier | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 17 ′ S , 65 ° 31 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Auvert Bay , Darbel Bay , Keith Glacier , Splettstoesser Glacier | |
The Widmark Piedmont Glacier is a foreland glacier off the Graham Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located between Holtedahl Bay and Darbel Bay .
Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1955 to 1957 were used by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the glacier in 1959 after the Swedish ophthalmologist Eric John Widmark (1850–1909), a pioneer in the field of the development and treatment of snow blindness .
Web links
- Widmark Ice Piedmont in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Widmark Ice Piedmont on geographic.org (English)