Whitecloud Glacier

Whitecloud Glacier (63°55′S 59°32′W / 63.917°S 59.533°W / -63.917; -59.533Coordinates: 63°55′S 59°32′W / 63.917°S 59.533°W / -63.917; -59.533) is a glacier which flows northward to discharge into Charcot Bay just west of Almond Point, Trinity Peninsula. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960. The name is descriptive of cloud conditions that prevailed at the time of Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) survey of the area in 1948.

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Whitecloud Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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