Channel Glacier | |
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Location of Channel Glacier in Antarctica | |
Location | Palmer Archipelago |
Coordinates | 64°47′S 62°19′W / 64.783°S 62.317°W |
Length | 1.5 nmi (3 km; 2 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Status | unknown |
Channel Glacier (64°47′S 63°19′W / 64.783°S 63.317°W) is a through glacier, 1.5 nautical miles (3 km), extending in an east-west direction across Wiencke Island, between Nipple Peak and Wall Range, in the Palmer Archipelago. It was discovered by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache 1897–99. The name appears on a chart based on a 1927 survey by DI personnel on the Discovery.[1]