Belgica Glacier

65°23′00″S 63°50′00″W / 65.38333°S 63.83333°W / -65.38333; -63.83333Length8 nmi (15 km; 9 mi)ThicknessunknownHighest elevation273 m (896 ft)TerminusTrooz GlacierStatusunknown

Belgica Glacier (65°23′S 63°50′W / 65.383°S 63.833°W / -65.383; -63.833) is a glacier 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing into Trooz Glacier to the east of Lancaster Hill on Kyiv Peninsula, on the west coast of Graham Land. It was first charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, 1934–37, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 after the RV Belgica, the ship of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache which explored this area in 1897–99. ^[1]

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

• SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Belgica Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.