Bucher Glacier
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Bucher Glacier | |
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Location of Bucher Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Graham Land |
Coordinates | 67°39′00″S 66°50′00″W / 67.65000°S 66.83333°W / -67.65000; -66.83333 |
Thickness | unknown |
Highest elevation | 633 m (2,077 ft) |
Terminus | Bourgeois Fjord |
Status | unknown |
Bucher Glacier ( WikiMiniAtlas67°39′S 66°50′W / 67.650°S 66.833°W / -67.650; -66.833Coordinates: 67°39′S 66°50′W / 67.650°S 66.833°W / -67.650; -66.833) is a small glacier draining the west slopes of Rudozem Heights and flowing to Bourgeois Fjord just north of Bottrill Head on the German Peninsula, Fallières Coast on the west side of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 for , Swiss glaciologist and author of many publications on snow and avalanches.
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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[]
- This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Bucher Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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James Ross Island |
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