Cornwall Glacier

Cornwall Glacier

Cornwall Glacier (80°47′S 26°16′W / 80.783°S 26.267°W / -80.783; -26.267) is a glacier 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, flowing south from Crossover Pass in the Shackleton Range to join Recovery Glacier east of Ram Bow Bluff. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for General Sir James H. Marshall-Cornwall, member of the Committee of Management of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Cornwall Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).