Jenner Glacier

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Jenner Glacier
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Location of Brabant Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region
Map showing the location of Jenner Glacier
Map showing the location of Jenner Glacier
Location of Jenner in Antarctica
LocationPalmer Archipelago
Coordinates64°27′S 62°35′W / 64.450°S 62.583°W / -64.450; -62.583
Length3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusDuperré Bay
Statusunknown

Jenner Glacier (

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64°27′S 62°35′W / 64.450°S 62.583°W / -64.450; -62.583Coordinates: 64°27′S 62°35′W / 64.450°S 62.583°W / -64.450; -62.583) is a glacier 3 nautical miles (6 km) long flowing southwest from the Solvay Mountains between Paprat Peak and Kondolov Peak into the eastern arm of Duperré Bay, in the southern part of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica.

The glacier was shown on an Argentine government chart in 1953, but not named. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos in 1959, it was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Edward Jenner, an English physician who was a pioneer of preventive medicine, and who instituted the use of cowpox vaccine in smallpox vaccination.[1]

See also[]

  • List of glaciers in the Antarctic
  • Glaciology

Maps[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jenner Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
Brabant Island seen from northeast, with Anvers Island (on the right) and Antarctic Peninsula in the background; Solvay Mountains are on the left, far side of the island.


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