Traub Glacier

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Traub Glacier
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Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Map showing the location of Traub Glacier
Map showing the location of Traub Glacier
Location of Traub Glacier in Antarctica
LocationGreenwich Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°28′31″S 59°48′00″W / 62.47528°S 59.80000°W / -62.47528; -59.80000Coordinates: 62°28′31″S 59°48′00″W / 62.47528°S 59.80000°W / -62.47528; -59.80000
Length2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Width1.4 nmi (3 km; 2 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusDiscovery Bay
Statusunknown
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Traub Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 2.5 km in northwest-southeast direction and 4 km in southwest-northeast direction and draining the east slopes of Dryanovo Heights to flow eastwards into Discovery Bay.

The feature was named by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after Lieutenant Norberto Traub, a member of the expedition.

Location[]

The glacier is centred at 62°28′31″S 59°48′00″W / 62.47528°S 59.80000°W / -62.47528; -59.80000 (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

See also[]

  • List of glaciers in the Antarctic
  • Glaciology

Maps[]

  • 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

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