Bachtold Glacier

Bachtold Glacier
Location of Bachtold Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Victoria Land
Coordinates	77°03′S 162°20′E / 77.050°S 162.333°E / -77.050; 162.333
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Cotton Glacier
Status	unknown

Bachtold Glacier (77°03′S 162°20′E / 77.050°S 162.333°E / -77.050; 162.333Coordinates: 77°03′S 162°20′E / 77.050°S 162.333°E / -77.050; 162.333) is an Antarctic glacier flowing north from Mount Chaudoin, Gonville and Caius Range, into the lower part of Cotton Glacier. The glacier drains the broad slopes between Killer Ridge and Red Ridge. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Harry W. Bachtold, US Navy, who at the time was a member of the construction crew which built the original Little America V Station and the original Byrd Station in the 1955–57 pre-IGY period.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

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