Breguet Glacier

Breguet Glacier
Location of Breguet Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Graham Land
Coordinates	64°10′00″S 60°48′00″W / 64.16667°S 60.80000°W / -64.16667; -60.80000
Thickness	unknown
Highest elevation	682 m (2,238 ft)
Terminus	Cierva Cove
Status	unknown

Breguet Glacier (

64°10′S 60°48′W / 64.167°S 60.800°W / -64.167; -60.800Coordinates: 64°10′S 60°48′W / 64.167°S 60.800°W / -64.167; -60.800) is a glacier flowing into Cierva Cove south of Gregory Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land. It was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Louis Breguet and , French aircraft designers who built and flew the first helicopter to carry a man, in vertical flight.

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

External links[]

• Breguet Glacier Copernix satellite image

References[]

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