Arago Glacier
Arago Glacier | |
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Location of Arago Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Graham Land |
Coordinates | 64°51′S 62°23′W / 64.850°S 62.383°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Highest elevation | 692 m (2,270 ft) |
Terminus | Andvord Bay |
Status | unknown |
Arago Glacier (64°51′S 62°23′W / 64.850°S 62.383°W) is a glacier flowing into Andvord Bay just northwest of Moser Glacier, on the west coast of Graham Land.
History[edit]
Arago Glacier was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from air photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for François Arago, the French geodesist who first demonstrated the application of photography to mapmaking in 1839.
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References[edit]
- This article incorporates public domain material from "Arago Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.