Anna Glacier () is a
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often Century, centuries. It acquires dis ...
flowing southeast between
Rose Peak and
Rea Peak Rea Peak is a peak, 590 m, lying nearly 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Rose Peak and 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of Mount Hopeful in the central part of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Named by the U ...
, tributary to
Polonia Glacier
Polonia may refer to:
* Poland, in Latin
Places
*Polonia Maior or Greater Poland, a historical region of Poland
*Polonia Minor or Lesser Poland, a historical region of Poland
* Polonia, Manitoba, Canada
* Polonia, Texas, United States
* Poloni ...
/
Polonia Ice Piedmont
Polonia may refer to:
* Poland, in Latin
Places
*Polonia Maior or Greater Poland, a historical region of Poland
*Polonia Minor or Lesser Poland, a historical region of Poland
* Polonia, Manitoba, Canada
* Polonia, Texas, United States
* Poloni ...
at the head of
King George Bay
King George Bay () is a large bay on the coast of West Falkland in the Falkland Islands, facing westwards. There are three settlements on the bay Chartres, Dunnose Head and Roy Cove. Storm Mountain is on the north coast. It contains numerous ...
,
King George Island. It was named by the
Polish Antarctic Expedition The Polish Antarctic Expedition to the A. B. Dobrowolski Polar Station was conducted by a team of doctors, geophysicists, and geomorphologists between 1978 and 1979. It was sponsored by the Polish Academy of Sciences. This was the third expedition ...
(PAE), 1981, after
Anna Tokarska
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...
, field assistant of PAE geological party to King George Island, 1979–80, and wife of
Antoni K. Tokarski.
See also
*
List of glaciers in the Antarctic
There are many glaciers in the Antarctic. This set of lists does not include ice sheets, ice caps or ice fields, such as the Antarctic ice sheet, but includes glacial features that are defined by their flow, rather than general bodies of ice. Th ...
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Glaciology
Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice.
Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, climato ...
References
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Glaciers of King George Island (South Shetland Islands)
Poland and the Antarctic
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