Edgeworth Glacier

The Edgeworth Glacier is part of the Nordenskjöld Coast of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory. It flows southwards into the Larsen Ice Shelf to the west of Sobral Peninsula on the Nordenskjöld Coast.

Ther glacier was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from 'Hope Bay', 1960-61; in association with the names of pioneers of overland mechanical transport grouped in this area, named after Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744-1817), inventor of the 'portable railway', the first track-laying vehicle, in 1770.

Location

• Location map: 64°19’36"S, 59°52’37"W

References

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