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Birley Glacier

Coordinates: 65°58′S 64°21′W / 65.967°S 64.350°W / -65.967; -64.350
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Bilrley Glacier
Location of Graham Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Bilrley Glacier
Map showing the location of Bilrley Glacier
Location of Birley Glacier in Antarctica
LocationGraham Land
Coordinates65°58′00″S 64°21′00″W / 65.96667°S 64.35000°W / -65.96667; -64.35000
Length10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi)
Thicknessunknown
Highest elevation1,621 m (5,318 ft)
TerminusBarilari Bay
Statusunknown

Birley Glacier (65°58′S 64°21′W / 65.967°S 64.350°W / -65.967; -64.350) is a glacier, at least 10 nautical miles (19 km) long, flowing west into the eastern extremity of Barilari Bay north of Vardun Point, on the west coast of Graham Land. First seen and roughly surveyed in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, it was re-surveyed in 1935–36 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under John Rymill, and later named for Kenneth P. Birley, who contributed toward the cost of the BGLE, 1934–37.[1]

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  1. ^ "Birley Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-07-06.