Fourcade Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
62°13′00″S 58°40′00″W / 62.21667°S 58.66667°W / -62.21667; -58.66667Fourcade Glacier (62°13′S 58°40′W / 62.217°S 58.667°W / -62.217; -58.667) is a glacier at the head of Potter Cove, Maxwell Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after Nestor H. Fourcade of the Instituto Antartico Argentino, who made detailed geological investigations of Potter Cove and Fildes Peninsula in several seasons, 1957–58 to 1960–61.[1]
See also
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
References
- ^ "Fourcade Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Fourcade Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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