Bachtold Glacier

Bachtold Glacier (77°03′S 162°20′E / 77.050°S 162.333°E / -77.050; 162.333Coordinates: 77°03′S 162°20′E / 77.050°S 162.333°E / -77.050; 162.333) is an Antarctic glacier flowing north from Mount Chaudoin, Gonville and Caius Range, into the lower part of Cotton Glacier. The glacier drains the broad slopes between Killer Ridge and Red Ridge. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Harry W. Bachtold, US Navy, who at the time was a member of the construction crew which built the original Little America V Station and the original Byrd Station in the 1955–57 pre-IGY period.

See also

List of glaciers in the Antarctic

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Bachtold Glacier" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

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