Fuchs Ice Piedmont

Fuchs Ice Piedmont (67°10′S 68°40′W / 67.167°S 68.667°W / -67.167; -68.667Coordinates: 67°10′S 68°40′W / 67.167°S 68.667°W / -67.167; -68.667) is an ice piedmont 70 nautical miles (130 km) long, extending in a northeast–southwest direction along the entire west coast of Adelaide Island. It was first mapped in 1909 by the French Antarctic Expedition under Jean-Baptiste Charcot. It was named by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) for Sir Vivian E. Fuchs, FIDS base leader and geologist at Stonington Island in 1948–49.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Fuchs Ice Piedmont". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-11.

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