Sohm Glacier

Location of Velingrad Peninsula on Graham Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.

Sohm Glacier (66°7′S 64°49′W / 66.117°S 64.817°W / -66.117; -64.817Coordinates: 66°7′S 64°49′W / 66.117°S 64.817°W / -66.117; -64.817) is a glacier flowing into Bilgeri Glacier on Velingrad Peninsula, the west coast of Graham Land. Charted by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill, 1934-37. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1959 for Victor Sohm, Austrian skiing exponent who invented a special type of ski skins and ski wax.

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