Laws Glacier

Laws Glacier
Location of Laws Glacier in the South Orkney Islands
Type	confluent glacier
Location	South Orkney Islands
Coordinates	60°38′S 45°38′W / 60.633°S 45.633°W / -60.633; -45.633
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Marshall Bay
Status	unknown

Laws Glacier (

60°38′S 45°38′W / 60.633°S 45.633°W / -60.633; -45.633Coordinates: 60°38′S 45°38′W / 60.633°S 45.633°W / -60.633; -45.633) is a confluent glacier system which flows into Marshall Bay on the south coast of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands off Antarctica. It was surveyed in 1948–49 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Richard M. Laws of the FIDS, leader and biologist at Signy Research Station in 1948 and 1949, and at South Georgia in 1951.^[1]

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References[]

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