Baranowski Glacier

Baranowski Glacier
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Location	King George Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	62°12′S 58°27′W / 62.200°S 58.450°W / -62.200; -58.450
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Admiralty Bay
Status	unknown

Baranowski Glacier (62°12′S 58°27′W / 62.200°S 58.450°W / -62.200; -58.450Coordinates: 62°12′S 58°27′W / 62.200°S 58.450°W / -62.200; -58.450) is a glacier flowing east into Admiralty Bay, King George Island, northwest of Demay Point. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after Stanisław Baranowski (1935–78), Polish glaciologist who died on King George Island as a result of an accident at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station while a member of the 1977–78 expedition.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

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

The head of Baranowski Glacier