Baranowski Glacier
Glacier in Antarctica
62°12′S 58°27′W / 62.200°S 58.450°W / -62.200; -58.450Baranowski Glacier (62°12′S 58°27′W / 62.200°S 58.450°W / -62.200; -58.450) is a glacier flowing east into Admiralty Bay, King George Island, northwest of Demay Point. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after Stanisław Baranowski (1935–78), Polish glaciologist who died on King George Island as a result of an accident at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station while a member of the 1977–78 expedition.
See also
- List of glaciers in the Antarctic
- Glaciology
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Baranowski Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
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