Goetel Glacier

Goetel Glacier
Map of King George Island
Map showing the location of Goetel Glacier
Location of Goetel Glacier in Antarctica
Map showing the location of Goetel Glacier
Goetel Glacier (Antarctica)
Location King George Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates 62°04′00″S 58°19′00″W / 62.06667°S 58.31667°W / -62.06667; -58.31667
Thickness unknown
Terminus Martel Inlet
Status unknown

Goetel Glacier (62°4′S 58°19′W / 62.067°S 58.317°W / -62.067; -58.317Coordinates: 62°4′S 58°19′W / 62.067°S 58.317°W / -62.067; -58.317) is a glacier flowing south between Ullmann Spur and the Precious Peaks into Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after Professor Walery Goetel (1889–1972), a Polish geologist and conservationist.[1]

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References

  1. "Goetel Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-27.


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