Schimper Glacier
Map showing the location of Schimper Glacier
Map showing the location of Schimper Glacier
Location of Schimper Glacier in Antarctica
LocationCoats Land
Coordinates81°18′S 25°5′W / 81.300°S 25.083°W / -81.300; -25.083
Thicknessunknown
TerminusSlessor Glacier
Statusunknown

Schimper Glacier (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.[1]

Exploration

The glacier was 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]

Location

Herbert Mountains

The glacier forms in the south of the Herbert Mountains and flows north to enter the Slessor Glacier between the Högbom Outcrops to the east and the Charlesworth Cliffs to the west.[2][3] The glacier flows along a fault line from near Mount Absalom, and divides the mountains into two, with the Bernhardi Heights ridge to the east falling steeply about 400 metres (1,300 ft) to the glacier.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Alberts 1995, p. 653.
  2. ↑ Shackleton USGS map.
  3. ↑ Höfle & Buggisch 1993, p. 184.
  4. ↑ Skidmore & Clarkson 1972, p. 74.

Sources

  • Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 3 December 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.
  • Höfle, Hans-Christian; Buggisch, Werner (1993), "Glacial Geology and Petrography of Erratics in the Shackleton Range, Antarctica" (PDF), Polarforschung, vol. 63, no. 213, pp. 183–201, retrieved 5 December 2023
  • Shackleton Range, United States Geological Survey, 1983, retrieved 4 December 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.
  • Skidmore, Michael J.; Clarkson, Peter D. (1972), "Physiography and Glacial Geomorphology of the Shackleton Range" (PDF), Antarctic Survey Bulletin, no. 30, retrieved 6 December 2023
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