Talbot Glacier
Talbot Glacier (65°12′S 63°14′W / 65.200°S 63.233°W) is a glacier flowing into Etienne Fjord, Flandres Bay, on the west coast of Graham Land. First charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1960 for William H.F. Talbot (1800–77), English inventor of the first practical photographic process on paper, perfected and called calotype in 1839–41.
Further reading[edit]
- Jane G. Ferrigno, Alison J. Cook, Amy M. Mathie, Richard S. Williams, Jr., Charles Swithinbank, Kevin M. Foley, Adrian J. Fox, Janet W. Thomson, and Jörn Sievers, Coastal-Change and Glaciological Map of the Larsen Ice Shelf Area, Antarctica: 1940–2005, USGS
External links[edit]
- Talbot Glacier on USGS website
- Talbot Glacier on AADC website
- Talbot Glacier on SCAR website
- Talbot Glacier on marineregions.org
- Talbot Glacier distance calculator
References[edit]
This article incorporates public domain material from "Talbot Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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