Sheldon Glacier

Sheldon Glacier

Sheldon Glacier (coord|67|30|S|68|23|W|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a glacier flowing southeast from Mount Mangin into Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 for Ernest B. Sheldon, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) meteorological observer, Adelaide Station, 1968-69, and Stonington Island, 1969-70; Base Commander, Adelaide Station, 1975-76, and Rothera Station, 1976-77.


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