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Bishop Glacier

Coordinates: 69°42′S 71°27′W / 69.700°S 71.450°W / -69.700; -71.450
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Bishop Glacier (69°42′S 71°27′W / 69.700°S 71.450°W / -69.700; -71.450) is a glacier flowing southwest into the Mozart Ice Piedmont, situated in the northwest portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. This feature was named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) in 1980 after James Francis Bishop (1950-1980), a former glaciologist of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) 1972-78, who worked in Alexander Island, 1973-75. He was killed in the Karakoram Range, Pakistan, on July 14, 1980, at this time, he was a member of Royal Geographical Society International Karakoram Project.[1]

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References

  1. ^ "Bishop Glacier, Antarctica". Geographical Names. Retrieved 19 January 2018.


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