Debenham Glacier

Debenham Glacier
Location of Debenham Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Victoria Land
Coordinates	77°11′S 162°38′E / 77.183°S 162.633°E / -77.183; 162.633
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Wilson Piedmont Glacier
Status	unknown

Debenham Glacier (

77°11′S 162°38′E / 77.183°S 162.633°E / -77.183; 162.633Coordinates: 77°11′S 162°38′E / 77.183°S 162.633°E / -77.183; 162.633) is a glacier flowing into the northern part of Wilson Piedmont Glacier on the coast of Victoria Land. It was first mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, and was named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, for Frank Debenham, a geologist with the expedition and Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, 1925–48.

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

Further reading[]

• United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center (1943), Sailing Directions for Antarctica: Including the Off-lying Islands South of Latitude 60°, PP 200 - 201
• Jane G. Ferrigno, Kevin M. Foley, Charles Swithinbank, and Richard S. Williams, Jr., Coastal-Change and Glaciological Map of the Ross Island Area, Antarctica: 1962–2005, USGS

External links[]

• Debenham Glacier on USGS website
• Debenham Glacier on SCAR website
• Debenham Glacier area map

References[]

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