Sheldon Glacier | |
Map: | Antarctica |
Mark: | Blue_pog.svg |
Location: | Adelaide Island |
Coordinates: | -67.5°N -91°W |
Thickness: | unknown |
Terminus: | Ryder Bay |
Status: | unknown |
Sheldon Glacier (-67.5°N -91°W) is a glacier flowing southeast from Mount Mangin into Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 for Ernest B. Sheldon, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) meteorological observer, Adelaide Station, 1968–69, and Stonington Island, 1969–70; Base Commander, Adelaide Station, 1975–76, and Rothera Station, 1976–77.
Prior to 1977, the glacier was called "Crumbles Glacier".[1]