Iliad Glacier | |
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Location of Iliad Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Palmer Archipelago |
Coordinates | 64°27′S 63°27′W / 64.450°S 63.450°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Lapeyrère Bay |
Status | unknown |
Iliad Glacier (64°27′S 63°27′W / 64.450°S 63.450°W) is a glacier flowing northeast from the central highlands of Anvers Island between the Achaean Range and the Trojan Range into Lapeyrere Bay, in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It was surveyed in 1955 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Homer's Iliad.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Iliad Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
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