Victory Glacier

Victory Glacier (63°49′S 58°25′W) is a gently sloping glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, flowing east-southeast from the north end of Detroit Plateau on Trinity Peninsula to Prince Gustav Channel immediately north of Pitt Point. Bounded by Trakiya Heights to the north and Kondofrey Heights to the south. It was surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and so named because the glacier was sighted in the week following the surrender of Japan in World War II, in August 1945.

Victory Glacier
Location of Trinity Peninsula in the Antarctic Peninsula
Location of Victory in Antarctica
LocationTrinity Peninsula
Coordinates63°49′S 58°25′W
Length8 nmi (15 km; 9 mi)
Thicknessunknown
TerminusPrince Gustav Channel
Statusunknown

See also

Map
  • Trinity Peninsula. Scale 1:250000 topographic map No. 5697. Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie and British Antarctic Survey, 1996.

References
  •  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Victory Glacier". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 


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