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Bamber Glacier (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Bamber Glacier (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Glacier
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Glacier on Adelaide Island, about 9 km long and 2 km wide, flowing west from between Mount Reeves and the un-named mountains to the north, to join Fuchs Ice Piedmont north of Bond Nunatak. Named for Professor Jonathan Bamber (b. 1962), Professor of Physical Geography, University of Bristol. Specialist in using satellite altimetry to study the morphology and dynamics of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, and the contribution of land ice to sea-level change. President, Cryospheric Sciences Division, European Geosciences Union, 2002-07; President EGU, 2017-2019.
Named for Professor Jonathan Bamber (b. 1962), Professor of Physical Geography, University of Bristol. Specialist in using satellite altimetry to study the morphology and dynamics of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, and the contribution of land ice to sea-level change. President, Cryospheric Sciences Division, European Geosciences Union, 2002-07; President EGU, 2017-2019.
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