Saturn Glacier

Saturn Glacier is a glacier lying in the south-east of Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory.

The glacier is fifteen nautical miles long and six nautical miles wide, flowing slowly south-eastwards into the George VI Ice Shelf of George VI Sound north of Corner Cliffs.

The coast in this vicinity was first seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on 23 November 1935, and roughly mapped from photos obtained on that flight by W.L.G. Joerg. The glacier was surveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey.

The glacier close to the Planet Heights, if not amongst those mountains, and its name is given by association with the Planet Heights along with many other glaciers of Alexander Island named after planets of the Solar System. This glacier is named for the planet Saturn, the sixth planet of the Solar System. The nunataks at the head of the glacier are also named after solar system features, for example the Enceladus Nunataks named for a moon of Saturn. The name was chosen by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee.

See also

• Mercury Glacier
• Venus Glacier
• Mars Glacier
• Jupiter Glacier
• Uranus Glacier
• Neptune Glacier
• Pluto Glacier

Location

• Location map: 72°57’0"S, 68°34’60"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Saturn Glacier