Martin Glacier

Martin Glacier is a glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) wide and 9 nautical miles (17 km) long, which flows west and then northwest from the south side of Mount Lupa to the southeast corner of Rymill Bay where it joins Bertrand Ice Piedmont, on the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under John Riddoch Rymill, and was resurveyed in 1948–1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. The glacier was named for James H. Martin, a member of the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929–1931) under Sir Douglas Mawson, and first mate of the Penola during the BGLE.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Martin Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-08-19.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Martin Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System). Coordinates: 68°29′S 66°53′W / 68.483°S 66.883°W / -68.483; -66.883


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