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Location of Aitkenhead Glacier in
Antarctica | |
Location | Graham Land, Antarctica |
Coordinates | 63°57′S 58°44′W / 63.950°S 58.733°W} |
Length | 16 km (9.9 mi) |
Aitkenhead Glacier ( 63°57′S 58°44′W / 63.950°S 58.733°W) is a 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) long glacier flowing east-southeast from the Detroit Plateau, Graham Land, into Prince Gustav Channel (close north of Alectoria Island). [1]
Aitkenhead Glacier is in Graham Land on the south coast of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It descends in a southeast direction from the Detroit Plateau to enter Prince Gustav Channel opposite Alectoria Island. Nearby features include Tufft Nunatak to the north and Simpson Nunatak and Mount Roberts to the south. [2] [3]
Aitkenhead Glacier was mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960–61). It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Neil Aitkenhead, a FIDS geologist at Hope Bay (1959–60). [1]
Nearby features include, from west to east:
64°00′S 58°49′W / 64.000°S 58.817°W. A dark, mostly ice-free rock peak with a flat, sloping top, 955 metres (3,133 ft) high, which is isolated from the Detroit Plateau to the west and lies 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Aitkenhead Glacier. First charted by the FIDS, 1945, and named for D.W. Roberts, Manager of the Falkland Islands Company in 1945, who was of assistance to the expedition. [4]
63°54′58″S 58°50′52″W / 63.91611°S 58.84778°W. An ice-covered buttress rising to 1,386 metres (4,547 ft) [5] high on the northeast side of Detroit Plateau. Situated 4.61 kilometres (2.86 mi) northwest of Baley Nunatak. Precipitous and partly ice-free southwest slopes. Surmounting Aitkenhead Glacier to the southwest and south. Named after Mancho Peak in Rila mountain, Southwestern Bulgaria. [6]
63°56′44″S 58°46′54″W / 63.94556°S 58.78167°W. A rocky hill rising to 632 metres (2,073 ft) [7] high on the north side of Aitkenhead Glacier. Situated in the southeast foothills of Mancho Buttress, 4.69 kilometres (2.91 mi) northwest of Hitar Petar Nunatak and 6.45 kilometres (4.01 mi) north-northwest of Mount Roberts. Named after the settlement of Baley in Northwestern Bulgaria. [8]
63°57′58″S 58°42′12″W / 63.96611°S 58.70333°W. A rocky hill rising to 434 metres (1,424 ft) [9] high on the coast of Prince Gustav Channel, next south of the terminus of Aitkenhead Glacier. Situated 7.35 kilometres (4.57 mi) northeast of Mount Roberts, 4.69 kilometres (2.91 mi) southeast of Baley Nunatak and 435 kilometres (270 mi) south of Tuff Nunatak. Named after the Bulgarian folkloric hero Hitar Petar ("Sly Peter"). [10]
63°55′S 58°42′W / 63.917°S 58.700°W. A small nunatak 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southwest of Mount Bradley. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Ronald W. Tufft of FIDS, a member of the reconnaissance party for the Detroit Plateau journey in February 1957. [11]
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Aitkenhead Glacier | |
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Location of Aitkenhead Glacier in
Antarctica | |
Location | Graham Land, Antarctica |
Coordinates | 63°57′S 58°44′W / 63.950°S 58.733°W} |
Length | 16 km (9.9 mi) |
Aitkenhead Glacier ( 63°57′S 58°44′W / 63.950°S 58.733°W) is a 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) long glacier flowing east-southeast from the Detroit Plateau, Graham Land, into Prince Gustav Channel (close north of Alectoria Island). [1]
Aitkenhead Glacier is in Graham Land on the south coast of the Trinity Peninsula, which forms the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. It descends in a southeast direction from the Detroit Plateau to enter Prince Gustav Channel opposite Alectoria Island. Nearby features include Tufft Nunatak to the north and Simpson Nunatak and Mount Roberts to the south. [2] [3]
Aitkenhead Glacier was mapped from surveys by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) (1960–61). It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Neil Aitkenhead, a FIDS geologist at Hope Bay (1959–60). [1]
Nearby features include, from west to east:
64°00′S 58°49′W / 64.000°S 58.817°W. A dark, mostly ice-free rock peak with a flat, sloping top, 955 metres (3,133 ft) high, which is isolated from the Detroit Plateau to the west and lies 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Aitkenhead Glacier. First charted by the FIDS, 1945, and named for D.W. Roberts, Manager of the Falkland Islands Company in 1945, who was of assistance to the expedition. [4]
63°54′58″S 58°50′52″W / 63.91611°S 58.84778°W. An ice-covered buttress rising to 1,386 metres (4,547 ft) [5] high on the northeast side of Detroit Plateau. Situated 4.61 kilometres (2.86 mi) northwest of Baley Nunatak. Precipitous and partly ice-free southwest slopes. Surmounting Aitkenhead Glacier to the southwest and south. Named after Mancho Peak in Rila mountain, Southwestern Bulgaria. [6]
63°56′44″S 58°46′54″W / 63.94556°S 58.78167°W. A rocky hill rising to 632 metres (2,073 ft) [7] high on the north side of Aitkenhead Glacier. Situated in the southeast foothills of Mancho Buttress, 4.69 kilometres (2.91 mi) northwest of Hitar Petar Nunatak and 6.45 kilometres (4.01 mi) north-northwest of Mount Roberts. Named after the settlement of Baley in Northwestern Bulgaria. [8]
63°57′58″S 58°42′12″W / 63.96611°S 58.70333°W. A rocky hill rising to 434 metres (1,424 ft) [9] high on the coast of Prince Gustav Channel, next south of the terminus of Aitkenhead Glacier. Situated 7.35 kilometres (4.57 mi) northeast of Mount Roberts, 4.69 kilometres (2.91 mi) southeast of Baley Nunatak and 435 kilometres (270 mi) south of Tuff Nunatak. Named after the Bulgarian folkloric hero Hitar Petar ("Sly Peter"). [10]
63°55′S 58°42′W / 63.917°S 58.700°W. A small nunatak 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) southwest of Mount Bradley. Named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Ronald W. Tufft of FIDS, a member of the reconnaissance party for the Detroit Plateau journey in February 1957. [11]
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The
Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA) gives ice surface measurements of most of the continent. When a feature is ice-covered, the ice surface will differ from the underlying rock surface and will change over time. To see ice surface contours and elevation of a feature as of the last REMA update,
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This article incorporates
public domain material from websites or documents of the
United States Geological Survey.