Bussey Glacier

Location of Kiev Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula.

Bussey Glacier (65°16′S 64°1′W / 65.267°S 64.017°W / -65.267; -64.017Coordinates: 65°16′S 64°1′W / 65.267°S 64.017°W / -65.267; -64.017) is a glacier flowing west from Mount Peary to the head of Waddington Bay on Kiev Peninsula on the west coast of Graham Land. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, 1908–10, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Group Captain John Bussey of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys.

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