Wright Piedmont Glacier
| Wright Piedmont Glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Detroit plateau | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 3 ′ S , 60 ° 28 ′ W | |
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| drainage | Orléans Street | |
The Wright Piedmont Glacier is a foreland glacier on the Davis Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It extends from Lanchester Bay to the west.
Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1955 to 1957 were used to map it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain on September 23, 1960 after the US aviation pioneers Orville (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867-1912).
Web links
- Wright Ice Piedmont in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wright Ice Piedmont on geographic.org (English)