Aitkenhead Glacier

Aitkenhead Glacier

Aitkenhead Glacier (coord|63|57|S|58|44|W|type:glacier_region:AQ|display=inline,title) is a glacier about 10 miles (16 km) long, flowing east-southeast from the Detroit Plateau, Graham Land, to Prince Gustav Channel close north of Alectoria Island. Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960-61). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Neil Aitkenhead, FIDS geologist at Hope Bay (1959-60).


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