Eldred Glacier Explained

Eldred Glacier
Map:South Shetland Islands#Antarctica
Mark:Blue_pog.svg
Location:King George Island
South Shetland Islands
Coordinates:-61.9667°N -58.2667°W
Length:2.5nmi
Thickness:unknown
Terminus:east of Potts Peak
Status:unknown

Eldred Glacier is a glacier 2.5nmi long, flowing to the north coast of King George Island immediately east of Potts Peak, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for Andrew J. Eldred, Master of the sealing vessel Thomas Hunt from Stonington, Connecticut, who visited the South Shetland Islands in 1873–74, 1875–76, 1878–79 and 1879–80. During the latter season he took part in the unsuccessful search for the Charles Shearer.

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-61.9667°N -74°W