Laënnec Glacier
Laënnec Glacier | |
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Location of Laënnec in Antarctica | |
Location | Palmer Archipelago |
Coordinates | 64°12′S 62°13′W / 64.200°S 62.217°W / -64.200; -62.217 |
Length | 3 nmi (6 km; 3 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Hill Bay |
Status | unknown |
Laënnec Glacier (
The glacier was 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 René Laennec, the French inventor of the stethoscope and a pioneer investigator of chest diseases.[1]
See also[]
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
Maps[]
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.
References[]
- ^ "Laënnec Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-23.
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