Fuerza Aérea Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
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Fuerza Aérea Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, extending 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) in a northeast–southwest direction and 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) in a southeast–northwest direction and draining the northwest slopes of the Breznik Heights to flow northwestwards into Discovery Bay.
| Fuerza Aérea Glacier | |
|---|---|
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands | |
  Location within South Shetland Islands  Location within Antarctica | |
| Location | Greenwich Island South Shetland Islands |
| Coordinates | 62°30′25″S 59°39′40″W |
| Length | 2.8 nmi (5 km; 3 mi) |
| Width | 1.2 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
| Thickness | unknown |
| Terminus | Discovery Bay |
| Status | unknown |
It was named "Glaciar Fuerza Aérea" (Air Force Glacier) by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition for the Chilean Air Force.[1]
Location
The glacier is centred at 62°30′25″S 59°39′40″W (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Note: the United States Geological Survey has alternative coordinates of 62°30′S 59°38′W.
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
