Fourcade Glacier

Fourcade Glacier
Fourcade Glacier
Location within South Shetland Islands Location within Antarctica
Location	King George Island South Shetland Islands
Coordinates	62°13′00″S 58°40′00″W
Thickness	unknown
Status	unknown

Fourcade Glacier (62°13′S 58°40′W) is a glacier at the head of Potter Cove, Maxwell Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after Nestor H. Fourcade of the Instituto Antartico Argentino, who made detailed geological investigations of Potter Cove and Fildes Peninsula in several seasons, 1957–58 to 1960–61.

See also

• List of glaciers in the Antarctic
• Glaciology

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from "Fourcade Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.