Rhesus Glacier | |
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Location of Rhesus in Antarctica | |
Location | Palmer Archipelago |
Coordinates | 64°31′35″S 63°17′00″W / 64.52639°S 63.28333°W |
Length | 4 nmi (7 km; 5 mi) |
Width | 1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Fournier Bay |
Status | unknown |
Rhesus Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Резос, romanized: lednik Rezos, IPA: [ˈlɛdnik ˈrɛzos]) is a 7 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier draining the east slopes of the Trojan Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica southeast of Paris Peak. Situated east of Iliad Glacier, south of Lipen Glacier and north of Thamyris Glacier. Flowing northeastwards into Fournier Bay south of Thompson Peninsula and north of Predel Point.
The glacier is named after the King Rhesus of Thrace in Homer's Iliad.