Baranowski Glacier
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Baranowski Glacier is a glacier
flowing east into Admiralty Bay, King George Island, northwest of Demay Point
. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after Stanisław Baranowski (1935–78), Polish glaciologist who died on King George Island as a result of an accident at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station
while a member of the 1977–78 expedition.
Glacier
A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...
flowing east into Admiralty Bay, King George Island, northwest of Demay Point
Demay Point
Demay Point is a point which forms the west side of the entrance to Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. This point was known to sealers as early as 1822. It was named almost 100 years later by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot....
. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after Stanisław Baranowski (1935–78), Polish glaciologist who died on King George Island as a result of an accident at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station
Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station
Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station is a research station on King George Island, off the coast of Antarctica.Named for Henryk Arctowski , who as meteorologist had accompanied the Belgian explorer Baron Adrien de Gerlache on the "Belgica" expedition, 1897-1899. This was the first expedition to...
while a member of the 1977–78 expedition.