COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

flowing W into George VI Sound N of Niznik Island, was roughly surveyed by BGLE in September 1936 (Stephenson, 1940, map facing p.232); re-surveyed in its W part by FIDS from "Stonington Island" in 1948 and so named from the Greek word eureka [="I have (found) it", as used by Archimedes], in reference to the BGLE survey party reaching George VI Sound via this glacier (APC, 1955, p.9; DCS 601 sheet 69 66, 1955; DOS 610 sheet W 69 68, 1963; USGS sketch map Palmer Land (North Part), 1979). Lednik Yurika (Soviet Union. AA, 1966, Pl.24).

Broad, gently sloping glacier, 18 mi long and 17 mi wide at its mouth, which flows westward from the W side of Palmer Land into George VI Sound. It is bounded on its N side by the nunataks S of Mount Edgell, on its S side by the Traverse Mountains and Terminus Nunatak, and at its head Prospect Glacier provides a route to Wordie Ice Shelf. First surveyed in 1936 by the BGLE under Rymill and resurveyed in 1948 by the FIDS. The name expresses triumph of discovery and arose because the BGLE sledge party found their way to George VI Sound via this glacier in 1936.