COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

flowing N into Bowman Inlet, Bowman Coast, was photographed from the air by Wil- kins, 20 December 1928 (Joerg, 1937, p.434, Fig. 1), by Ellsworth, 23 November 1935 (Joerg, 1937, p.434, Fig. 2), by FIDS, 14 August 1947, and by RARE, 22 December 1947; surveyed from the ground by FIDS from Stonington Island in December 1958 and November 1960; named after Aphrodite, the goddess of love, in association with other names in this area taken from Greek mythology (APC, 1962, p.4; DOS 610 sheet W 68 64, 1963). Glaciar Aphrodite (Argentina. AA, 1991 p.3)

A glacier 15 mi long flowing N to the E coast of Antarctic Peninsula 3 mi W of Victory Nunatak. The lower portion of the feature was first plotted by W.L.G. Joerg from aerial photographs taken by Sir Hubert Wilkins in Dec. 1928 and Lincoln Ellsworth in Nov. 1935. The glacier was subsequently photographed by RARE in Dec. 1947 (Trimetrogon air photography) and surveyed by FIDS in Dec. 1958 and Nov. 1960. Named by UK-APC after Aphrodite, goddess of love in Greek mythology.

Fluye desde el N dentro de la ensenada Mobiloil, costa Bowman, sector oriental de la península Antártica. Originalmente avistado y fotografiado desde el aire por Sir Hubert Wilkins el 20 de diciembre de 1928. Ellsworth lo fotografió desde el aire a fines de 1935; también lo hizo D.P.Mason del FIDS a mediados de 1947 y el RARE en diciembre de 1947. Relevado desde el terreno por P.Gibbs y P. Forster del FIDS en diciembre de 1958 y por el propio P.Forster en noviembre de 1960. El nombre proviene de Aphrodite la diosa del amor de la mitología griega. SHN carta H-7.

A short, broad glacier lying between the Lashly Mountains on the west and the Mt Feather - Tabular Mountain block (Ross Dependency) on the east. It flows south from a poorly defined ice divide from the upper Taylor Glacier, into the upper Skelton Glacier. So named by the New Zealand party of TAE (1956-58) because of its proximity to the Lashly Mountains.