Belgica Glacier

Belgica Glacier
Location of Kyiv Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Belgica Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Graham Land
Coordinates	65°23′00″S 63°50′00″W / 65.38333°S 63.83333°W / -65.38333; -63.83333
Length	8 nmi (15 km; 9 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Highest elevation	273 m (896 ft)
Terminus	Trooz Glacier
Status	unknown

Belgica Glacier (

65°23′S 63°50′W / 65.383°S 63.833°W / -65.383; -63.833Coordinates: 65°23′S 63°50′W / 65.383°S 63.833°W / -65.383; -63.833) is a glacier 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing into Trooz Glacier to the east of Lancaster Hill on Kyiv Peninsula, on the west coast of Graham Land. It was first charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, 1934–37, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 after the RV Belgica, the ship of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache which explored this area in 1897–99. ^[1]

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References[]

• SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

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