- Montgolfier Glacier
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Montgolfier Glacier (64°47′S 62°15′W / 64.783°S 62.25°W) is a glacier flowing to Piccard Cove between Rozier and Woodbury Glaciers on the west coast of Graham Land. Mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. in 1956-57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Joseph M. Montgolfier (1740–1810) and his brother Etienne J. Montgolfier (1745–1799), French papermakers, inventors of the hot-air balloon, 1782–83, and pioneer balloonists.
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