Beaver Glacier (Enderby Land)

Beaver Glacier (Enderby Land)
Location of Beaver Glacier (Enderby Land) in Antarctica
Location	Enderby Land
Coordinates	67°2′S 50°40′E / 67.033°S 50.667°E / -67.033; 50.667
Length	15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi)
Width	4 nmi (7 km; 5 mi)
Terminus	Amundsen Bay
Status	unknown

Beaver Glacier is a glacier about 15 miles (24 km) long and 4 miles (6 km) wide, flowing west into Amundsen Bay between Auster Glacier and Mount Gleadell. The head of Beaver Glacier is located very close to the base of Mount King in Enderby Land. It was visited by an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) party on October 28, 1956, and named after the Beaver aircraft used by ANARE in coastal exploration.

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Further reading[]

• Charles Swithinbank, Mowson Coast and Enderby Land, Antarctica, Issue 1386, Part 2, P 77
• Ute Christina Herzfeld, Atlas of Antarctica: Topographic Maps from Geostatistical Analysis of Satellite Radar Altimeter Data, P 83

References[]

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

Coordinates: 67°2′S 50°40′E / 67.033°S 50.667°E / -67.033; 50.667

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