Rhesus Glacier
Rhesus Glacier (Bulgarian: ледник Резос, ‘Lednik Rezos’ \'led-nik 're-zos\) is a 7 km long and 2.5 km wide glacier draining the east slopes of the Trojan Range on Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica southeast of Paris Peak. Situated east of Iliad Glacier, south of Lipen Glacier and north of Thamyris Glacier. Flowing northeastwards into Fournier Bay south of Thompson Peninsula and north of Predel Point.
The glacier is named after the King Rhesus of Thrace in Homer's Iliad.
Location
Rhesus Glacier is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. British mapping in 1980.
Maps
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map No. 3217. DOS 610 - W 64 62. Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993-2012.
References
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
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