Schweitzer Glacier

Schweitzer Glacier

Schweitzer Glacier (coord|77|50|S|34|40|W|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a glacier which drains west along the north side of Littlewood Nunataks into Vahsel Bay. The Lerchenfeld Glacier, trending west-northwestward, coalesces with the lower portion of this glacier. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911-12, under Wilhelm Filchner. He named it for Major Schweitzer, first president of the German Antarctic Expedition Society.


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