Las Palmas Glacier
Las Palmas Glacier | |
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![]() Location of Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
![]() ![]() Location of Las Palmas Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Livingston Island South Shetland Islands |
Coordinates | 62°41′00″S 60°25′00″W / 62.68333°S 60.41667°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Las Palmas Cove |
Status | unknown |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Livingston-Island-Map-2010-15.png/280px-Livingston-Island-Map-2010-15.png)
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Island.
Las Palmas Glacier (62°41′S 60°25′W / 62.683°S 60.417°WCoordinates: 62°41′S 60°25′W / 62.683°S 60.417°W) is a glacier flowing west-northwest from Hurd Dome and terminating at Las Palmas Cove, South Bay, Livingston Island, Antarctica. The name was given by the , about 1991, after the ship Las Palmas of the Spanish Antarctic campaigns since 1988.[1]
See also[]
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
Maps[]
- Isla Livingston: Península Hurd. Mapa topográfico de escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991. (Map reproduced on p. 16 of the linked work)
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Smith Island. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2017. ISBN 978-619-90008-3-0
References[]
- ^ "Las Palmas Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Las Palmas Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
External links[]
Categories:
- Glaciers of Livingston Island
- Spain and the Antarctic
- South Shetland Islands glacier stubs
- Livingston Island geography stubs