Endurance Glacier

Endurance Glacier
Location of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Endurance Glacier
Location of Endurance Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Endurance Glacier
Endurance Glacier (Antarctica)
Location Elephant Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates 61°10′S 55°8′W / 61.167°S 55.133°W / -61.167; -55.133
Thickness unknown
Terminus south coast of Elephant Island
Status unknown

Endurance Glacier is a broad glacier north of Mount Elder, draining south-east to the south coast of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, and is the main discharge glacier on the island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after HMS Endurance (Captain P.W. Buchanan, Royal Navy), which anchored off the glacier on several occasions in support of the Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, 1970–71.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Endurance Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  2. ↑ "Endurance Glacier". Antarctic Gazetteer. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 2012-03-01.

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

Coordinates: 61°10′S 55°8′W / 61.167°S 55.133°W / -61.167; -55.133


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