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'''Hermes Glacier''' is a glacier 8 nautical milesmlong, flowing slowly west into [[Weyerhaeuser Glacier]] in southern [[Graham Land]], within the [[British Antarctic Territory]].
 
 
The glacier was surveyed in January 1960 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey who discovered the glacier after several fruitless attempts to find a route out of the mountains east of [[Earnshaw Glacier]]. It provided an ideal "road" back to known country and was therefore named after Hermes, the god of roads in Greek mythology. This name by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee initiated the idea of naming other features in this area after Greek gods.
 
 
==See also==
 
*[[Aphrodite Glacier]]
 
*[[Apollo Glacier]]
 
*[[Cronus Glacier]]
 
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'''Hermes Glacier''' is a glacier 8 nautical milesmlong, flowing slowly west into [[Weyerhaeuser Glacier]] in southern [[Graham Land]], within the [[British Antarctic Territory]].
 
'''Hermes Glacier''' is a glacier 8 nautical milesmlong, flowing slowly west into [[Weyerhaeuser Glacier]] in southern [[Graham Land]], within the [[British Antarctic Territory]].
  

Revision as of 13:39, 12 December 2017

Hermes Glacier is a glacier 8 nautical milesmlong, flowing slowly west into Weyerhaeuser Glacier in southern Graham Land, within the British Antarctic Territory.

The glacier was surveyed in January 1960 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey who discovered the glacier after several fruitless attempts to find a route out of the mountains east of Earnshaw Glacier. It provided an ideal "road" back to known country and was therefore named after Hermes, the god of roads in Greek mythology. This name by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee initiated the idea of naming other features in this area after Greek gods.

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