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Byway Glacier

Coordinates: 66°30′S 65°12′W / 66.500°S 65.200°W / -66.500; -65.200
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Byway Glacier
Location of Loubet Coast on the Antarctic Peninsula
Map showing the location of Byway Glacier
Map showing the location of Byway Glacier
Location of Byway Glacier in Antarctica
LocationGraham Land
Coordinates66°30′00″S 65°12′00″W / 66.50000°S 65.20000°W / -66.50000; -65.20000
Thicknessunknown
Highest elevation1,603 m (5,259 ft)
TerminusErskine Glacier
Statusunknown

Byway Glacier (66°30′S 65°12′W / 66.500°S 65.200°W / -66.500; -65.200) is a glacier flowing west from Slessor Peak and joining Erskine Glacier just southwest of Aleksandrov Peak in Graham Land, Antarctica.

History

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Byway Glacier was photographed by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1955–57, and mapped from these photos by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. The glacier was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 because the sledging route up this glacier is not as good as that along the main route up Erskine Glacier.

See also

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References

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Byway Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.