Malpighi Glacier
Malpighi Glacier | |
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Location of Malpighi in Antarctica | |
Location | Palmer Archipelago |
Coordinates | 64°16′S 62°15′W / 64.267°S 62.250°W |
Length | 5 nmi (9 km; 6 mi) |
Width | 1 nmi (2 km; 1 mi) |
Thickness | unknown |
Terminus | Kayak Bay |
Status | unknown |
Malpighi Glacier (64°16′S 62°15′W / 64.267°S 62.250°W) is a
Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and mapped from these photos in 1959. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Marcello Malpighi, an Italian physiologist and pioneer histologist who first demonstrated the existence of the blood capillaries.[1]
See also
Maps
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.
- British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 62. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, Tolworth, UK, 1980.
- Brabant Island to Argentine Islands. Scale 1:250000 topographic map. British Antarctic Survey, 2008.
References
- ^ "Malpighi Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 30 July 2013.