Uranus Glacier

Uranus Glacier is a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory, 19 miles long and 6 miles wide at its mouth, flowing east into George VI Sound immediately south of Fossil Bluff.

The glacier was probably first seen by Lincoln Ellsworth, who flew directly over it and photographed segments of this coast on 23 November 1935. The portion near the mouth of the glacier was first roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition.

The entire glacier was mapped from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition in 1947-48, and by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960.

The glacier was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee for the planet Uranus following the resurvey of its lower portions by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1948 and 1949. It is named in association with the nearby mountain range, the Planet Heights, and the various glaciers and features in this area named after planets and other heavenly bodies.

See also

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

Location

• Location map: 71°24’0"S, 68°19’60"W

References

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