Seller Glacier
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Seller Glacier is a well-defined glacier
, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide flowing westward into Forster Ice Piedmont
, western Antarctic Peninsula
, just north of Flinders Peak
. Roughly surveyed by British Graham Land Expedition
(BGLE), 1936–37, and resurveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1958.
Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after John Seller (about 1630-1698), English hydrographer and compass maker who published the first sailing directions for England, 1671; his the variation of the compass, with rules for its determination.
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...
, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long and 4 nautical miles (7 km) wide flowing westward into Forster Ice Piedmont
Forster Ice Piedmont
The Forster Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont lying landward of the Wordie Ice Shelf, along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.The piedmont is formed by the confluence of Airy, Seller, Fleming and Prospect Glaciers and is about 25 miles long from north to south and 12 miles wide...
, western Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica. It extends from a line between Cape Adams and a point on the mainland south of Eklund Islands....
, just north of Flinders Peak
Flinders Peak
Flinders Peak is a conspicuous triangular peak on the west end of Bristly Peaks. The peak overlooks Forster Ice Piedmont near the west coast of Antarctic Peninsula. Photographed from the air by British Graham Land Expedition and Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition...
. Roughly surveyed by British Graham Land Expedition
British Graham Land Expedition
A British expedition to Graham Land led by John Lachlan Cope took place between 1920 and 1922. The British Graham Land Expedition was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two...
(BGLE), 1936–37, and resurveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in December 1958.
Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after John Seller (about 1630-1698), English hydrographer and compass maker who published the first sailing directions for England, 1671; his the variation of the compass, with rules for its determination.