Hopkins Glacier
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Hopkins Glacier is a glacier
flowing into Darbel Bay
south of Erskine Glacier
, on the west coast of Graham Land
. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd
. in 1955-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for Sir Frederick Hopkins (1861–1947), founder of the School of Biochemistry at Cambridge, who made pioneer investigations on synthetic diets and vitamins which contributed greatly to the development of present ideas on concentrated rations.
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...
flowing into Darbel Bay
Darbel Bay
Darbel Bay is a bay 25 nautical miles wide, indenting the west coast of Graham Land between Capes Bellue and Rey. Discovered and roughly charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10, who gave it the name "Baie Marin Darbel." The bay was further charted in 1931 by DI...
south of Erskine Glacier
Erskine Glacier
Erskine Glacier is a glacier 16 nautical miles long on the west coast of Graham Land, flowing west into Darbel Bay to the north of Hopkins Glacier. First surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1946-47, and named West Gould Glacier...
, on the west coast of 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...
. Photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd
Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd
Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd was a British aerial photography company. It incorporated Aerofilms Ltd and the Aircraft Operating Company.In 1947 it was using three types of aircraft: Austers, a Percival Proctor and a D. H. Rapide and planned to acquire one or more Percival Mergansers...
. in 1955-57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1958 for Sir Frederick Hopkins (1861–1947), founder of the School of Biochemistry at Cambridge, who made pioneer investigations on synthetic diets and vitamins which contributed greatly to the development of present ideas on concentrated rations.