Zephyr glacier
| Zephyr glacier | ||
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| length | 13 km | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 24 ′ S , 68 ° 32 ′ W | |
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| drainage | George VI Sound | |
The Zephyr Glacier is an approximately 13 km long glacier on the Rymill coast of the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . He from the southwest side of Mount Edgell in a westerly direction to George VI Sound , which he reaches south of Cape Jeremy .
Scientists from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys in 1948 and those from the British Antarctic Survey between 1971 and 1972. Aerial photographs were taken in 1966 by the United States Navy . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 after the wind deity Zephyr from Greek mythology .
Web links
- Zephyr Glacier in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Zephyr Glacier on geographic.org (English)