Archer_Glacier

Archer Glacier

Archer Glacier

Glacier in Antarctica

Archer Glacier (65°10′S 63°5′W) is a glacier flowing northwest into the head of Bolson Cove, Flandres Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land.

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History

Archer Glacier was first charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, 1897–99, and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Frederick Scott Archer, an English architect who in 1849 invented the wet collodion process of photography, the first practical process on glass.

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References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Archer Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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