Armstrong Glacier

Armstrong Glacier
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Location	Palmer Land
Coordinates	71°31′S 67°30′W / 71.517°S 67.500°W / -71.517; -67.500
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	George VI Sound
Status	unknown

Armstrong Glacier (71°31′S 67°30′W / 71.517°S 67.500°W / -71.517; -67.500Coordinates: 71°31′S 67°30′W / 71.517°S 67.500°W / -71.517; -67.500) is a glacier flowing from the south side of Mount Bagshawe westward into George VI Sound. It provides the only known safe route for mechanical vehicles from George VI Sound to the Palmer Land plateau. It was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Edward B. Armstrong, British Antarctic Survey surveyor at Stonington Island, 1964–65.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Armstrong Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).