Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Drygalski, Glaciar (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Drygalski, Glaciar (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier (12)
This name originates from Chile. It is part of the Chile Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Fue descubierto en 1902 por la Expedición Antártica Sueca al mando del comandante Otto Nordenskjöld y llamada bahía Drygalski, denominada así por el Dr. Erich von Drygalski geofísico que dedicó su vida a las exploraciones de las regiones polares. Lo determinó como glaciar el FIDS en 1947. Glaciar de aproximadamente 15 millas de largo y 8 millas de ancho que fluye en una dirección ESE, en una forma de ángulo recto a 15 millas al N del cabo Fairweather en la costa E de la península Tierra de O'Higgins.
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