Boydell Glacier
Boydell Glacier (64°11′S 59°4′W) is a glacier on Trinity Peninsula in northern Graham Land. It is about 9 miles (14 km) long, flowing southeastward from Detroit Plateau to enter Sjögren Inlet in Prince Gustav Channel north of the terminus of Sjögren Glacier and 6 miles (10 km) west of Mount Wild. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from surveys (1960–61), and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for James Boydell, English inventor of a steam traction engine, the first practical track-laying vehicle.
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Location of Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land, Antarctica | |
Location of Boydell in Antarctica | |
Location | Trinity Peninsula |
Coordinates | 64°11′S 59°4′W |
Length | 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Highest elevation | 430 m (1,411 ft) |
Terminus | Sjögren Inlet |
Status | unknown |
References
- This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Boydell Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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