Bombardier Glacier
Location of Nordenskjöld Coast in the Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Bombardier Glacier
Map showing the location of Bombardier Glacier
Location of Bombardier Glacier in Antarctica
LocationGraham Land
Coordinates64°19′00″S 59°59′00″W / 64.31667°S 59.98333°W / -64.31667; -59.98333
Thicknessunknown
Highest elevation458 m (1,503 ft)
TerminusMundraga Bay
Statusunknown

Bombardier Glacier (64°19′S 59°59′W / 64.317°S 59.983°W / -64.317; -59.983) is a glacier draining southeast from the edge of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica and through a deep trough between Darzalas Peak and Trave Peak to join Edgeworth Glacier and flow into Mundraga Bay. It was mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1960–1961), and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Joseph-Armand Bombardier, the Canadian engineer who developed the snowmobile from 1926 to 1937, one of the earliest successful self-propelled over-snow vehicles.

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Bombardier Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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