Wheatstone Glacier

Wheatstone Glacier (64°44′S 62°31′W / 64.733°S 62.517°W / -64.733; -62.517Coordinates: 64°44′S 62°31′W / 64.733°S 62.517°W / -64.733; -62.517) is a glacier on the west coast of Graham Land. It enters Errera Channel east of Danco Island. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897-99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802–75), English scientist and inventor who designed the first mirror stereoscope in 1832.

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