Endurance Glacier

Endurance Glacier is a broad glacier north of Mount Elder, draining south-east to the south coast of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, and is the main discharge glacier on the island. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after HMS Endurance (Captain P.W. Buchanan, Royal Navy), which anchored off the glacier on several occasions in support of the Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, 1970–71.[1][2]

Endurance Glacier
Location of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Endurance Glacier in Antarctica
Endurance Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationElephant Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates61°10′S 55°8′W
Thicknessunknown
Terminussouth coast of Elephant Island
Statusunknown

See also

References
  1. "Endurance Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  2. "Endurance Glacier". Antarctic Gazetteer. Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 2012-03-01.

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