Domeyko Glacier
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Location |
King George Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°04′00″S 58°27′0″W / 62.06667°S 58.45000°W / -62.06667; -58.45000 |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Mackellar Inlet |
Status | unknown |
Domeyko Glacier is a glacier flowing southeast into Mackellar Inlet, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after Ignacy Domeyko, a Polish born explorer of the Andes and sometime Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, and Rector, of the University of Chile, Santiago.[1]
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References
- ↑ "Domeyko Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Domeyko Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
Coordinates: 62°4′S 58°27′W / 62.067°S 58.450°W / -62.067; -58.450
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