Traub Glacier

Traub Glacier is a glacier on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica extending 2.5 km in northwest-southeast direction and 4 km in southwest-northeast direction and draining the east slopes of Dryanovo Heights to flow eastwards into Discovery Bay.

Traub Glacier
Location of Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands
Location of Traub Glacier in Antarctica
Traub Glacier (Antarctica)
LocationGreenwich Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates62°28′31″S 59°48′00″W
Length2 nmi (4 km; 2 mi)
Width1.4 nmi (3 km; 2 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusDiscovery Bay
Statusunknown
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

The feature was named by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after Lieutenant Norberto Traub, a member of the expedition.

Location

The glacier is centred at 62°28′31″S 59°48′00″W (Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).

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See also

Maps
  • L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

References


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