Haefeli Glacier

Haefeli Glacier
Location of Pernik Peninsula on Loubet Coast, Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Haefeli Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Graham Land
Coordinates	67°18′S 66°23′W / 67.300°S 66.383°W / -67.300; -66.383
Length	6 nmi (11 km; 7 mi)
Width	2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Lallemand Fjord
Status	unknown

Haefeli Glacier (67°18′S 66°23′W / 67.300°S 66.383°W / -67.300; -66.383Coordinates: 67°18′S 66°23′W / 67.300°S 66.383°W / -67.300; -66.383) is a glacier, 2 miles (3 km) wide and 6 miles (10 km) long, situated on Pernik Peninsula, Loubet Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica, at the northwest side of Finsterwalder Glacier and flowing south-southwest toward the head of Lallemand Fjord. With Finsterwalder and Klebelsberg Glaciers, its mouth merges with Sharp Glacier where the latter enters the fjord. It was first surveyed in 1946–47 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and named by them for Robert Haefeli, a Swiss glaciologist.^[1]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

• SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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