- Delius Glacier
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Delius Glacier (69°37′S 71°3′W / 69.617°S 71.05°W) is a glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) long and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide, flowing west from Elgar Uplands into Nichols Snowfield, in the north part of Alexander Island. First seen from the air and roughly mapped by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) in 1937. More accurately mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960, and from U.S. Landsat imagery of February 1975. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Frederick Delius (1862–1934), British composer.
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