Aagaard Glacier

Aagaard Glacier

Aagaard Glacier (coord|66|46|S|64|31|W|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title) is an Antarctic glacier 8 miles (13 km) long, which lies close east of Gould Glacier and flows in a southerly direction into Mill Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) during December 1947. It was named by the FIDS for Bjarne Aagaard, Norwegian authority on Antarctic whaling and exploration.


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