COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

flowing E into George VI Sound between Fossil Bluff and Waitabit Cliffs, E Alexander Island, was roughly surveyed by BGLE in October 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and further surveyed by FIDS from "Stonington Island", 1948-49; in association with the names of planets in this area, named after Uranus (APC, 1955, p.21; USHO chart 6638, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 61 68, 1960); mapped over its length by FIDS in 1959 from RARE air photographs. Lednik Uran (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). Lednik Yuranes (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).

Glacier on the E coast of Alexander Island, 20 mi long and 6 mi wide at its mouth, flowing E into George VI Sound immediately S of Fossil Bluff Probably first seen by Lincoln Ellsworth who flew directly over it and photographed segments of this coast on Nov. 23, 1935. The portion near the mouth of the glacier was first roughly surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE. Named by the UK-APC for the planet Uranus following resurvey of its lower portions by the FIDS in 1948 and 1949. The entire glacier was mapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960.