Schweitzer Glacier
Appearance
Schweitzer Glacier | |
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Location of Schweitzer Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Coats Land |
Coordinates | 77°50′S 34°40′W / 77.833°S 34.667°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Vahsel Bay |
Status | unknown |
Schweitzer Glacier (German: Schweitzergeletscher, 77°50′S 34°40′W / 77.833°S 34.667°W) is a glacier which drains west along the north side of Littlewood Nunataks into Vahsel Bay. The Lerchenfeld Glacier, trending west-northwestward, coalesces with the lower portion of this glacier. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–12, under Wilhelm Filchner. He named it for Major Schweitzer, first president of the German Antarctic Expedition Society.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Schweitzer Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- This article incorporates public domain material from "Schweitzer Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.