Aagaard Glacier

Aagaard Glacier
Location of Foyn Coast on Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Aagaard Glacier
Location of Aagaard Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Aagaard Glacier
Aagaard Glacier (Antarctica)
Location Graham Land
Antarctica
Coordinates 66°46′S 64°31′W / 66.767°S 64.517°W / -66.767; -64.517Coordinates: 66°46′S 64°31′W / 66.767°S 64.517°W / -66.767; -64.517
Length 8 miles (13 km)

Aagaard Glacier (66°46′S 64°31′W / 66.767°S 64.517°W / -66.767; -64.517), also known as Glaciar Alderete, is an 8-mile (13 km) long Antarctic glacier which lies close to the east of Gould Glacier and flows in a southerly direction into Mill Inlet, on the east coast of Graham Land. It was charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition during December 1947; it was named by the FIDS for Bjarne Aagaard, a Norwegian authority on Antarctic whaling and exploration.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aagaard Glacier


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