Astudillo Glacier
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Astudillo Glacier | |
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Location of Astudillo Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Graham Land |
Coordinates | 64°53′S 62°51′W / 64.883°S 62.850°W |
Thickness | unknown |
Highest elevation | 853 m (2,799 ft) |
Terminus | Paradise Harbor |
Status | unknown |
Astudillo Glacier (64°53′S 62°51′W / 64.883°S 62.850°W) is a small glacier flowing into Paradise Harbor between Leith Cove and Skontorp Cove on the Danco Coast of Graham Land.[1] The glacier was surveyed by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1950–51, which applied the name, probably after an expedition member.
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- ^ Survey (U.S.), Geological (2006). Coastal-change and Glaciological Map of the Trinity Peninsula Area and South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, 1843-2001. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-607-96442-4.
- This article incorporates public domain material from "Astudillo Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.