Heim Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Heim Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
If this information is incorrect, please e-mail mapping@aad.gov.au
Feature type: Glacier
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
flowing SW into Jones Channel, Arrowsmith Peninsula, Loubet Coast, was seen from the air by BGLE in 1936 (Rymill, 1938a, map facing p.496); surveyed from the ground in its lower reaches by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in November 1949; in association with the names of glaciologists grouped in this area, named after Albert Heim (1849-1937), Swiss geologist and glaciologist; author of Handbuch der Gletscherkunde (Stuttgart, 1885), the first work to deal with the complete study of glaciers from their microstructure to their world-wide distribution with its climatic implications (APC, 1955, p.11; BA chart 3570, 21.ix.1957). Further surveys by FIDS from "Detaille Island" and "Horseshoe Island", 1955-57, showed that the present feature is continuous via a central col with a glacier flowing N into Lallemand Fjord, and the names South Heim Glacier (APC, 1959a, p.11; SPRI, 1960, p.52; BA, 1961, p.189) and North Heim Glacier (Antevs Glacier, q.v.) were applied respectively to the two glaciers. But the name Heim Glacier was later re-applied to the present feature (APC, 1960, p.4; BAS 250P sheet SQ 19-20/14 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). Heim Glacier, South (BA, 1961, p.433).
No images of this place could be found.
Aus_display_scale_20M: | No | Aus_display_scale_10M: | No | ||
Aus_display_scale_5M: | No | Aus_display_scale_2M: | No | ||
Aus_display_scale_1M: | No | Aus_display_scale_500k: | No | ||
Aus_display_scale_250k: | No | Aus_display_scale_100k: | No | ||
Aus_display_scale_50k: | No | Aus_display_scale_25k: | No | ||
Aus_display_scale_10k: | No | Aus_display_scale_5k: | No | ||
Aus_display_scale_1k: | No |
Biodiversity
View
fauna,
flora or
both
within 1.0 degree of this location
Place names
View
British or
international
place names within 1.0 degree of this location.