Hovde Glacier

Hovde Glacier
Location of Princess Elizabeth Land
Location of Hovde Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Princess Elizabeth Land
Coordinates	69°15′S 76°55′E / 69.250°S 76.917°E / -69.250; 76.917
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Prydz Bay
Status	unknown

Hovde Glacier (69°15′S 76°55′E / 69.250°S 76.917°E / -69.250; 76.917Coordinates: 69°15′S 76°55′E / 69.250°S 76.917°E / -69.250; 76.917) is a small glacier just west of the Brattstrand Bluffs, and east of Amanda Bay, on the south-eastern shore of Prydz Bay, Antarctica. A short tongue from this glacier extends seaward to nearby Hovde Island. The glacier was first mapped by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37, which named the island. It was named "Hovde Ice Tongue" by John H. Roscoe in 1952 following his study of aerial photographs of the area taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, 1946–47, but the term glacier is considered appropriate to this small feature.^[1]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

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