Domeyko Glacier

Domeyko Glacier
Map of King George Island
Map showing the location of Domeyko Glacier
Location of Domeyko Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Domeyko Glacier
Domeyko Glacier (Antarctica)
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]

See also

References

  1. "Domeyko Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-24.

Coordinates: 62°4′S 58°27′W / 62.067°S 58.450°W / -62.067; -58.450


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