Drygalski Glacier

Drygalski Glacier
Location of Nordenskjöld Coast.

Drygalski Glacier (64°43′S 60°44′W / 64.717°S 60.733°W / -64.717; -60.733Coordinates: 64°43′S 60°44′W / 64.717°S 60.733°W / -64.717; -60.733) is a broad glacier, 18 miles long, which flows southeast from Herbert Plateau through a rectangular re-entrant to a point immediately north of Sentinel Nunatak on Nordenskjöld Coast, the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Discovered in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), under Nordenskjold, and named Drygalski Bay after Prof. Erich von Drygalski. The feature was determined to be a glacier by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947.

See also

  • List of glaciers in the Antarctic

References

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