Bombardier Glacier

The Bombardier Glacier flows south-east from Detroit Plateau of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory, to join Edgeworth Glacier on Graham Land's Nordenskjöld Coast.

The glacier was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from 'Hope Bay' in the 1960-61 season, and named in association with the names of pioneer designers of oversnow vehicles grouped in this area; in this case after J. Armand Bombardier (1908-64), a Canadian engineer, who between 1926 and 1937 developed the snowmobile, one of the earliest successful oversnow vehicles. Bombardier was later President and General Manager, L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Lté, makers of Muskeg tractors and Ski-doos.

Location

• Location map: 64°19’52"S, 60°1’40"W

References

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