Bolton Glacier
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Bolton Glacier | |
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Location of Bolton Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Graham Land |
Coordinates | 65°1′00″S 62°58′00″W / 65.01667°S 62.96667°W / -65.01667; -62.96667 |
Thickness | unknown |
Highest elevation | 482 m (1,581 ft) |
Status | unknown |
Bolton Glacier ( WikiMiniAtlas65°1′S 62°58′W / 65.017°S 62.967°W / -65.017; -62.967Coordinates: 65°1′S 62°58′W / 65.017°S 62.967°W / -65.017; -62.967) is a glacier flowing into the head of Briand Fjord, Flandres Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. It was mapped in 1959 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for (1848–89), English photographer who, with , invented the collodion emulsion process of dry-plate photography in 1864.
See also[]
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
References[]
- This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Bolton Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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