Thunder Glacier (Antarctica)

Thunder Glacier
Location of Thunder in Antarctica
Location	Palmer Archipelago
Coordinates	64°50′S 63°24′W / 64.833°S 63.400°W / -64.833; -63.400
Length	4 nmi (7 km; 5 mi)
Thickness	unknown
Status	unknown

Thunder Glacier (64°50′S 63°24′W / 64.833°S 63.400°W / -64.833; -63.400) is a through glacier, 4 nautical miles (7 km) long, which extends in an east–west direction across Wiencke Island between Sierra DuFief and the Wall Range, in the Palmer Archipelago. Probably known since the discovery of Wiencke Island by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1898. Charted in 1944 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named by them because a survey party was nearly overwhelmed there by an avalanche.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from "Thunder Glacier (Antarctica)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 

This page was last edited on 25 November 2023, at 02:18