Schimper Glacier

Schimper Glacier
Location of Schimper Glacier in Antarctica
Location	Coats Land
Coordinates	81°18′S 25°5′W / 81.300°S 25.083°W / -81.300; -25.083
Thickness	unknown
Terminus	Slessor Glacier
Status	unknown

Schimper Glacier (

80°18′S 25°5′W / 80.300°S 25.083°W / -80.300; -25.083Coordinates: 80°18′S 25°5′W / 80.300°S 25.083°W / -80.300; -25.083) is a glacier in the east part of Herbert Mountains, Shackleton Range, flowing north-northeast into Slessor Glacier. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1968–71. In association with the names of glacial geologists grouped in the area, named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Karl Friedrich Schimper (1803–67), German botanist who in 1835 originated the theory of the Ice Age in Europe to account for the distribution of erratic boulders.^[1]

See also[]

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References[]

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