Drygalski Glacier (Antarctica)
glacier in Antarctica
Drygalski Glacier (64°43′S 60°44′W) is a broad glacier, 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) long which flows southeast
from Herbert Plateau through a rectangular re-entrant to a point immediately north of Sentinel Nunatak on the east coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.
Location
Drygalski Glacier is on the Nordenskjöld Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
It is east of the Forbidden Plateau, southeast of the Herbert Plateau, southwest of the Detroit Plateau and northeast of the Weddell Sea.
The Foster Plateau, Anderson Peak and Seal Nunataks are to the south.
Discovery and name
Drygalski Glacier was discovered in 1902 by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (SwedAE), under Otto Nordenskiöld, and named "Drygalski Bay" after Professor Erich von Drygalski.
The feature was determined to be a glacier by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1947.
Upper features
Features around the head of the glacier include:
Foster Plateau
64°43′S 61°25′W.
A plateau, about 80 square miles (210 km2) in area, lying between Drygalski Glacier and Hektoria Glacier.
Photographed by the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) in 1956-57 and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS).
Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Richard A. Foster, FIDS leader of the Danco Island station in 1956 and 1957.
Fender Buttress
64°34′S 61°04′W.
A rock buttress rising to more than 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) high, projecting from the south side of Herbert Plateau into the head of Drygalski Glacier.
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