Jupiter Glacier

Jupiter Glacier is a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory.

Ten nautical miles long and five nautical miles wide at its mouth, the Jupiter Glacier flows slowly eastwards into the George VI Sound to the south of Ablation Valley.

This glacier was first photographed from the air on 23 November 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. It was roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition, and was named for the planet Jupiter by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey following their surveys in 1948 and 1949.

The glacier lies north of Planet Heights and is named by association with Planet Heights after the fifth planet in the Solar System. Several other nearby glaciers of Alexander Island are likewise named after planets of the Solar System. The name was chosen by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee.

See also

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

Location

• Location map: 70°57’0"S, 68°30’0"W

References

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