Baudissin Glacier () is a
tidewater glacier on the north side of
Heard Island
The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) is an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of mostly barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The group's overall size ...
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in the southern
Indian Ocean
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. Located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of
Challenger Glacier, Baudissin Glacier is 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) wide and flows into the western part of
Corinthian Bay. The
terminus of Baudissin Glacier is located at the western side of Corinthian Bay, at
Sealers Cove.
Saddle Point
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. To the south of Baudissin Glacier is Schmidt Glacier, and to the northwest is Atlas Cove
Atlas Cove is a cove on the north coast of Heard Island and McDonald Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, and is entered between the base of the Laurens Peninsula and Rogers Head.
It was named by American sealers after the schooner seal hunting ...
. Kildalkey Head is west of Schmidt Glacier. To the south of Schmidt Glacier is Vahsel Glacier
Vahsel Glacier () is a glacier on the northwestern side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. It flows west into South West Bay, between Erratic Point and Cape Gazert. Immediately to the north of Vahsel Glacier is Schmidt Glacier, whose t ...
, whose terminus is at South West Bay
South West Bay () is an open bay indenting the west side of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Heard Island immediately north of Cape Gazert in the southern Indian Ocean. The bay was roughly charted on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C. Ch ...
, between Erratic Point and Cape Gazert Cape Gazert () is a cape at the western end of the rocky promontory which forms the south side of South West Bay, on the west side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. This feature was known to American sealers as "Green Point", as shown by ...
. Immediately south of Vahsel Glacier is Allison Glacier. Clic
here
to see a map of Baudissin Glacier and the northwestern coast of Heard Island.
Discovery and naming
Baudissin Glacier appears to have been first noted by a sketch in the narrative accompanying the scientific reports of the expedition of in 1874 along the north side of the island
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.[ The German Antarctic Expedition under ]Erich von Drygalski
Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (; February 9, 1865 – January 10, 1949) was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, East Prussia.
Between 1882 and 1887, Drygalski studied mathematics and natural science at t ...
, 1901–03, portrayed a single large glacier flowing into Corinthian Bay and named it after Admiral Count Friedrich Baudissin, a sponsor of the expedition.[ In 1948 the ANARE (]Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAp) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).
History
Australia has had a long involv ...
) determined that more than one glacier discharges into Corinthian Bay. Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) recommended in 1954 that Baudissin Glacier be adopted for the westernmost and largest of these glaciers.[
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References
Further reading
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External links
*Clic
here
to see a map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, including all major topographical features
Australian Antarctic DivisionAustralian Antarctic GazetteerComposite Gazetteer of AntarcticaAustralian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC)Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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{{Glaciers of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Glaciers of Heard Island and McDonald Islands