Andrew Glacier
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Andrew Glacier is a glacier
3 miles (5 km) long, flowing northeast into Charcot Bay
immediately west of Webster Peaks
on Davis Coast
, northern Graham Land
. It was charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who named the feature for Dr. J.D. Andrew, medical officer at the FIDS Hope Bay
station in 1946–47.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
3 miles (5 km) long, flowing northeast into Charcot Bay
Charcot Bay
Charcot Bay is a bay about wide between Cape Kater and Cape Kjellman along the west coast of Graham Land. It was discovered by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld. He named it for Dr...
immediately west of Webster Peaks
Webster Peaks
Webster Peaks is a group of four rocky peaks, 1065 m, standing west of Whitecloud Glacier at the head of Charcot Bay on Davis Coast, the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica. Charted by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1948, and named for W.H.B...
on Davis Coast
Davis Coast
Davis Coast is that portion of the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Kjellman and Cape Sterneck. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain John Davis, the American sealer who claimed to have made the first recorded landing on the continent of...
, northern Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
. It was charted in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who named the feature for Dr. J.D. Andrew, medical officer at the FIDS Hope Bay
Hope Bay
Hope Bay on Trinity Peninsula, is long and wide, indenting the tip of Antarctic Peninsula and opening on Antarctic Sound....
station in 1946–47.