Bader Glacier

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Bader Glacier
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Location of German Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Bader Glacier
Map showing the location of Bader Glacier
Location of Bader Glacier in Antarctica
LocationGerman Peninsula
Coordinates63°37′S 66°45′W / 63.617°S 66.750°W / -63.617; -66.750
Thicknessunknown
Highest elevation574 m (1,883 ft)
TerminusBourgeois Fjord
Statusunknown

Bader Glacier (

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67°37′S 66°45′W / 67.617°S 66.750°W / -67.617; -66.750Coordinates: 67°37′S 66°45′W / 67.617°S 66.750°W / -67.617; -66.750) is a small glacier draining the west slopes of Rudozem Heights and flowing to Bourgeois Fjord just south of Thomson Head on German Peninsula, Fallières Coast on the west side of Graham Land, Antarctica.

History[]

It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 for Swiss glaciologist of Rutgers University (U.S.), author of an important thesis on the development of the snowflake and its metamorphoses.

See also[]

  • List of glaciers in the Antarctic
  • Glaciology

Map[]

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 67 66. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1978.

References[]

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


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